Ode to Climbing Partners

Ready, set, go
We are off slow
Singing a song
Waiting too long
Higher, Spryer
Appreciate the view
Starting to stew
Yet …, I linger
My toes, my finger
Singing a song
Waiting too long
Higher, Stiffer
Waiting too long
I am solo
I am so low
Where did they go?
I m not singing a song
Bold
Cold
So high
I cry, Why?
Let me go, I will not die
I am not waiting too long
I believe
I leave
Caught in the moment
Caught in the spirit
I didn’t stop
I was on top
Back down,
Looking around
I didn’t die, he did