Hanging onto this ledge

by what feels like a thread.

I should have gone left

however I turned right

on this confusing trail.

Quickly, the trail ran out

and did not connect to the top.

The hard climb up the bluff has begun.

Climbing this terrain is tough

as I cannot get the proper footing

and keeping the grip is a struggle.

Pushing, pulling, hard to move upward.

Keep reminding myself

this climb is one difficult step at a time.

Taking deep, tired breaths,

telling myself not to fall

as it is not my time.

That strength is internal

to continue this climb.

By Andrew Scott

From: Canada

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