to where we are now
not because it was easy
but because it was hard

We made it through the threats
and passive-aggressiveness
broken vows and distance
unveiling and resentment

Even when I wasn’t healing
and the problems were monumental
we still managed to get through
but not unscathed -

Even though we came out of this
different people -
even jaded I would say

One thing didn’t change -
the choice to stay in this
without the footholds or
the rope, head-lamps or jackets
picks or axes

Nothing like bare-backing it