It gets tight
up on the mountain.
Switchbacks,
and blind corners.
Narrow roads
with no shoulders,
and trees
right up close
to the road.
The higher up you get,
the worse condition
the road is in.
One side
is only the face of the mountain,
the other,
a sheer cliff.
You’ll want to go slow
on these old goat trails.
You’ll want to pick your way along
careful,
but those steep grades
require momentum,
and momentum
requires speed.
Don’t brake,
threading the needle
through this great
spiral pathway
that winds up to the sky.
The treacherous path to Heaven.
DJR – 2023
