The Climb – A Poem

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Gretchen McIntire (formerly Leary)

As I climb this mountain

the taste of silence

like used oxygen

from a tired crowd

Ripples in and heaves

out in clouds

my calloused fingers

crack like the limestone

crumbling beneath them

and yet I reach higher

with more momentum

Despite the darkness setting in-

As I climb this mountain

About Gretchen McIntire (formerly Leary)

I am 34 years old, I live in the Raleigh area, and I am writing from the perspective of an individual with Asperger's Syndrome.
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2 Responses to The Climb – A Poem

  1. Talicha J. says:
    February 7, 2014 at 12:49 am

    Great strength Gretchen! Nice work 🙂

    Reply

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