Jacobs Ladder
I don’t climb that ladder anymore,
the one that goes both up
and down.
The rungs were never helpful,
being made for struggle
not for actual reaching.
Some spend a lifetime
looking for just the right ladder,
most end up in dead-air
as fish out of water
struggling to breathe,
it is then I realize
I only have this broken ladder
to offer.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2022
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