a softness bared
a struggle proposed
a personal crisis almost averted
trouble one can only suppose
ridiculous folly
for a moment there
death sat quietly in your mind
for 35 scary miserable hours
that boulder owned your stupidity
as it crushed the life out of
your pride and your legs
the ending when it came
though stacked in tragedy's favor
brought you home
thankful and alive
but less of the physical man you were
yet so much more of the innner you
you should have always known
lived within
and later came to find out
on the side of that rainy mountain
when left momentarily trapped, hurt and
alone
when one's body gets broken
that's when the spirit
fully stands up
to reveal the true man........
(written March 12, 2006 445am)