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Walking in with high hopes

I knew that I'd fall

A cushioned landing waited below

Skin shreds with every reach, pull and hang

Fingers bleed and sweaty palms

Slide and scrape against the rocks

The climb left me before I left the wall

With numbness in my hands and my toes,

But mostly my cheeks disfigured by nails

Pinning up a spastic smile

You had no belayer obligation

No rope tied on

My harness to your grip

A concrete landing waited below.


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