A Tale From the Desert

I never told anyone about the night

that I climbed the mountain,

then collapsed at the top:

I screamed to GOD

I cried violently

I prayed softly

Then submitted

to exhaustion.

After my self-induced

exorcism,

I counted the stars

one

by

one

as they appeared.

The night flashed

his cape at me,

and I decided

to head back

down.

But my feet became

unsteady,

and I cascaded

downward;

scraping on that very

dark and lonely night

more than just my flesh

against the rocks

of the desert's

mysterious mountains.