to follow a geological feature
to trace a map with my own blood and sweat
to struggle up miles and stumble
even leave a chunk of flesh on a sharp rock
and to realize--
that the world is mine, and i am filled with its swelling infinity
and this light inside me
shall not be extinguished.
how i give thanks, to you, reality,
to you-
this brain feature, this god figure, this phenomenon of time and space
i give thanks to you, me, you
that i am alive in this very moment and all moments passed and future