Settling
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Settling
From the base of the cavern, We traverse its steep and jagged ascent; With no light to show us which course to take, We rely on surmise and our faith in ourselves; Hollowed rooms are carved out in the sides And as the climb gets longer and lonelier, The rooms compress into pockets
You could settle for a space in the cave And no one would blame you, You could live out your days enclosed in such stone With your buddies, who stopped in the very same place. You could reminisce about the trip we all took And measure yourselves complacent by The ones who didn’t make the climb as high
But inside you know, at the edge of the stone Even for the lonely and those husks of themselves, We gave up the climb and made peace with our bones, Never to get so much as a peep, At the vastness of a piercing blue sky.
From the base of the cavern, We traverse its steep and jagged ascent; With no light to show us which course to take, We rely on surmise and our faith in ourselves; Hollowed rooms are carved out in the sides And as the climb gets longer and lonelier, The rooms compress into pockets
You could settle for a space in the cave And no one would blame you, You could live out your days enclosed in such stone With your buddies, who stopped in the very same place. You could reminisce about the trip we all took And measure yourselves complacent by The ones who didn’t make the climb as high
But inside you know, at the edge of the stone Even for the lonely and those husks of themselves, We gave up the climb and made peace with our bones, Never to get so much as a peep, At the vastness of a piercing blue sky.
