Last Night I Climbed Over You

“Mount Everest” Digital Artwork by Anand Swaroop Manchiraju

Last night, I climbed
over your body
searching for my Everest
but unwilling to reach its summit.
And as my crampons gripped
your rocky surface,
feeling left my limbs.

Was this really love
or lack of oxygen?

If love, then when to begin
down the pathway
of your kiss?

I shivered with insecurity,
gripped exposed terrain
tucked my head in a crevasse,
a climber harnessed till the end.

Afraid to let go.
Afraid of the fall.
Afraid of being smothered.
Afraid of getting lost.

Destined to let another
failed expedition
with bare-boned cost
turn a star-eyed dreamer
into a shooting comet,
burnt out bits of dust
romanticized as luck.

18 responses to “Last Night I Climbed Over You”

Tom

This was beautiful, K! Some pretty unusual imagery used here that makes your descriptions pulse with emotion ❤

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Tom. 💜 I’ll admit I was forced to read my students’ articles on Mt. Everest recently and there facts and pseudo facts inspired this crossover idea.
  
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  1. Tom
    
    It’s a very poignant read 🙂 ❤
    
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Misky

It is an adventure, that’s for sure. Nicely done, K.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Misky. I think everyone has a sort of Everest, and perhaps more than one.
  
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Jaya Avendel

Gorgeous this imagery and the flow of the narrative!

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Jaya. 🦋
  
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abigfatcanofworms

Amazing imagery! Wow!

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1. K.Hartless
  
  💜😊Thank you.
  
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Jeff Flesch

There is a certain tension and anxiety in this write, which I adore. It’s as if searching will never fully be complete. A lovely write, K. 💜

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Simone E

Sure, love is one of the most powerful and hardest journeys, yet an adventure nonetheless. Your words pull in your reader, and takes one back to the place and time of when this has been written. The emotion is pulsating.. vibrating..
That’s what I call a great read 😊

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you. I’m beaming from your kind words. The epic adventure of love, I know I’ve chickened out a few times, and also gotten caught up in the landslides. Many thanks for reading and connecting with this poem, Simone. 💜🦋
  
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  1. Simone E
    
    You should! It really resonated. Love has the power to do to us what no other force in the world can 😂
    Thanks again for a great read!!
    
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  2. K.Hartless
    
    💜 Thank you!
    
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Lance Dean

With images a warm as this, hypothermia won’t be an issue!

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poeticallyyours360

this was awesome…the way you transform the adventure into a lovely expedition… enjoyed

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you. Love is the ultimate journey.
  
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  1. poeticallyyours360
    
    you are welcome! and yes Love and walking in the light of that love!
    
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