The Road Beneath Our Feet

Rock Climber

This is the girl who sees a rock formation and thinks “fun.”
This is the girl who knows her muscles, 
that they will hold her against the sun-warmed breast
of ancient Earth
while she decides her next move.
This is the girl who heard her father’s calm voice,
when he sent her off as a young woman
and told her, “The only way you’ll ever disappoint me
is if you sell yourself short.”

— Maria van Beuren

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