The Climb

Eternal March

step by step...

I continue my march

don't remember where I began

don't remember where I am headed

I step on...

every step brings agonizing pain

my feet...bare and bleeding

yet...cannot stop the next step I take

the dusty horizon in front of me

I step on...

one after another

the sun bears down on me

heat driving me down

I thirst...but is it water I crave

I step on...

must not stop... they depend on me

I keep stepping

visions of my love

delirious

I step on...

brush of wind cooling me

breeze of vulture wings

circling above 

patiently waiting

i step on...

cannot stop they need me

must not fail them

I step on..