Sunlight and Shadows


Height

I’m so afraid of falling

Now that I’ve climbed this high

The rocks so loose and foreign

I’m hanging in the sky

I thought I’d never reach it

Slide back at every try

This height still makes me dizzy

The air so cold and thin

The ground so far below me

From where I did begin

I fear that I’m too weak from

The hard places I’ve been

You tell me not to look down

But where I want to go

To trust the ropes to hold me

From tumbling down below

I’ll focus on my handholds

And trust in what I know

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