Chasm

Rough rock, cutting flesh
Crawling through darkness
Cool, dank air, filling lungs
Rotten leaves crackle beneath
Adrenaline, claustrophobia
Sliding down to blackness

Cliff face, smooth worn
Hanging free, against gravity
Lunge across breaks
Slip, grab, feel the rush
Adrenaline, survival
Scaling the heights

-megazone, fun day walking the edge at Purgatory Chasm, 5/30/93