A Mountain Called Misery

Shakespearean Sonnet -- 2008

Scream your heart out, for it is not safe here
Atop of this mountain with no way back
Plummeting down is not your greatest fear
Climbed far as you could, but patience you lack.
Turn round in circles and stare out in awe
At the distant beauty, out of your reach
You worked hard to climb… That’s your greatest flaw.
You want to go back. Practice what you preach.
This vain journey set you so far away
When supposed to bring you farther ahead
Nothing is ever quite what’s portrayed
Your foot slips in rage at all that misled.
Screaming, reaching for a new tomorrow
May the last man overdose on sorrow.