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The Dawn Wall

by Sally Gliganic, 2021

The Dawn Wall

Rays of gold 

Beam upon the top of the world

Climbing higher and higher

Each pitch will aspire

Gravity dragging all hope

Life belayed by a single rope

All sense of thought floats away

The golden skies soon turn grey

Fingertips

Never satisfied with the minuscule grips

Falling 

Moment of endless pain

Falling 

The problem that overuses my brain

Falling 

Degrading after each fall

Falling 

Finally Rising above the unforgiving wall

Endless sky’s above,

The world awaits below

New dreams begin to grow.