Karma

we walk up the same mountain -
bound by the same
treacherous, unforgiving landscape,
in search of the same view
from the top of of the world;
one of us crosses the chasm
that we feared was our doom;
the other looks on
worried and doubting
if he will make it
to the other side;
we cannot holds hands
even if we want to;
we cannot guide the other
even if we try to;
we cannot ease the burden
of worry and self - doubt;
each will have
to make his own way up
to the top of the mountain
to earn the view -
and feel on top of the world.