The moon glared above,
exposed solid ice
beneath headlamp-glow.
Winds whipped across the wall,
freezing warm breath-vapor
onto my stinging-face.
Chinks of my axe echoed
against the moraine,
crampons etched
my signature behind.
Slowly I moved up
into the pitch-void,
toward the twinkling stars.
Tethered
to my kindred-spirits,
together we found truth
on the summit-push.
Dec 20, 2013
Dec 20, 2013 at 5:51 AM UTC
The moon glared above,
exposed solid ice
beneath headlamp-glow.
Winds whipped across the wall,
freezing warm breath-vapor
onto my stinging-face.
Chinks of my axe echoed
against the moraine,
crampons etched
my signature behind.
Slowly I moved up
into the pitch-void,
toward the twinkling stars.
Tethered
to my kindred-spirits,
together we found truth
on the summit-push.
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