the climb

Here’s some career advice that I wish I had earlier.

Ask yourself which ladder are you climbing 

and more importantly inquire deeply 

why are you on a ladder anyhow

What if you were so busy climbing

So determined and desperate to scale 

To stretch and to reach the next rung

Sweat dripping into your eyes, stinging 

Blisters forming on your hands, bleeding

Sand slipping through the glass, piling

Because what if some day 

or some year 

or some decades later

You finally reach new heights

only to look up and realize your ladder 

was against the wrong building all along