untitled rambling poem

by joel abel - Taurus

10,000 ft up the 
north face of kilamanjaro.

this is countdown...

we began
with the song
the loud crazy exhale
that became a scream
for everyone of us.

we began with the
rythm of joy
and watched it 
degenerate into 
something tedious
and dead.

we began with the
song...

10,00 ft up the north
face of kilamanjaro
vector heading
zero
zero
zero

we began with the
dreaming.
long wandering
visions as real
as anything we knew,
turning to dull 
superficial 
sight that was
worse
than blindess.

vector heading 
zero
zero
zero

countdown
mayday
may day

impact
explosions
a million
fragments
burning
into the snow.

10,00 ft up the north face
of kilamanjaro.

impact collision.

we crawled from 
the broken wreckage
and realized 
our trip was over:
our plane was
gone.

Birth sign: Taurus
Date created: 2001-05-07 02:46:57
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:44:18
Poem ID: 62656

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