Time to Climb? May 30, 2023

if you think life is a swamp

you should really think about

climbing a tree

you’ll swim wade

and walk through a lot of mud

fend of snakes and gators

and wave at endless

clouds of mosquitoes

if you know what’s up ahead

there just might be

some horizontal hope

in a vertical climb

a past and future

better seen

from the bird’s eye view