Becoming the Climb
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Last published Thu, Nov 13, 2025
In "Becoming the Climb," ascent becomes a metaphor for awakening. The poem moves through the terrain of ambition, failure, and self-discovery with a contemplative rhythm that mirrors the act of climbing itself - measured, breath-bound, and reverent. Through its imagery of thresholds, tides, and silence, the speaker transforms struggle into stillness and pursuit into presence. What begins as a quest for success resolves in an inward turning: the realization that the truest heights are not conquered, but become.
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