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Breathless In Whitby

I puffed and panted up the steps (and thought
about the novel Dracula, in which
the character called Mina ran up there)
and gasping, wheezing crawled towards the top
to look out over Whitby from the cliff.
The view was simply beautiful, I found -
enough to take one's breath away  (but I
was breathless as it was, and so I tried
to catch my breath!) I didn't want to think
about the trek that faced me as I left
to walk back down those steps...


Remembering a visit to Whitby & climbing the famous 199 steps

written 6th January for Constance's B 'Breathless' blank verse contest

Copyright © Jack Horne

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