Glory morning light
Painted on expansive sky
Darkness climb refrain
Painted on expansive sky
Darkness climb refrain
Spicy hot
Hot hot
Curry Laksa
Tea with milk
Black black tea
Condensed milk
Sweet Hot
And thick
I am transported
To other worlds
To other dreams
To other insights
I learn my bounds
Then extend them
Beyond what I’d known
Or even dreamed possible
And I wonder
At how we build so high
When we worship our gods
Or when we think
We have become them
The interplay
Of force
And resistance
Of course
This also altered my sense
Of beauty
And then we rested
Ate and slept a little
Then rose
Rose up in the dark
And then we climbed
And climbed some more
Torches in our hands
Footfalls stiff
On granite cold