Waited for ray’s first glimmer
to ascend the crest of earth-
my quest begins

a fine brisk morning

to climb a mountain

sweat beads fall
with each toe push
fingers pull upward –

adrenaline pulse

thrusts me ever higher

for a moment I hang In mid-air  

and gaze at nature’s artistry
across the sky-

how the blend

of pastel peach

into sapphire blue

creates amethyst swaths between  

sun’s perseverance

courses through me

and with stealth of a spider
I scale this mountain
careen every ridge and cliff

mount the apex -

Tage the sky