Tease this silver filament,
an ambit claim on every foot,
squeezed and cajoled through
calloused hands.
Climb this tensile fibre,
climb until the heavens bloom
and your body retches from
the unyielding pressure.
When you reach your goal,
set free the cord of Theseus
that led you ever-onward
in your rise to Olympus.
For more of my poetry, check out Poetry for the Sad, Lonely and Hopelessly Endangered and The All or the Nothing, available in print or e-book formats.
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