The Top

I lay in the mud,
At the bottom
of a mountain cliff.
My bones are broken,
As is my spirit.

I must climb the mountain.
One foot on a rock,
I raise my broken leg,
enduring the pain.
I felt weak and unable.
With no one to lean on,
it was the only way out.
Raising one leg above the other,
sometimes I slid back.
Still, I kept going higher.
I gripped a rock with my hand,
then pulled myself up.
I was at the top!

The sun was shining!
I was shining!
I made it to the top!
I am the highest person
In the whole world!