KILIMANJARO POETRY Continued (3): Poems 4 and 5 (of 9)
The first of the next two poems describes approaching the final ascent. The second records having made it to the top.
4. Day 5
Nearly there
In the world without a care
Except getting there
What an accomplishment to make it
Real and raw
No way to fake it
What a dream to be above the clouds
See the winding paths we have traveled
Step by step
Minute by minute
Ache by ache
We’re closer to our goal
This time tomorrow
Pole by pole
To the top of Kili we’ll stroll
Winded, worn, and wary
There’ll be nothing scary
What a climb
What a rhyme
Just in time
To complete something others don’t dare to try
Cautiously
Carefully
And with a sigh
What an opportunity
A privilege
A gift
From doing nothing else there can be such a lift
In the moment
Or telling what was
No need for any because
And, what comes next
Who knows?
Applying lessons learned along the Machame Way
To a very different N. American every day.
5. Day 6, Kili Ascent: Success
Strong in body
Strong in mind
Strong in mind
Strong in body
To do things out of the ordinary
In ways that are extraordinary
To watch others trying them too
Those who can
Those who can’t
Those who could
Those who would
Those who did.
