14/365 - Daunting

 

The expectations

of existence

are endless

Like a great mountain

-Whitney-

-Kilimanjaro-

-Everest-

Whose peak is shrouded

in a hooded cloak

of ethereal clouds

But you know

it's there

somewhere

so you climb

always expecting

to break through the mist

and see at last

the snow capped summit

and that promise

keeps you going

through the ever

changing landscape

and the switchbacks

of the scrub trails

but aside from 

some pockets of clarity

the haze never clears

the apex never appears