𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝖡𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗌𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗐𝗈𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖲𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖾𝖿𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖢𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖲𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗆'𝗌 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝗌𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌,𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 ...

The air here is crisp,

and full of ‘what if’s’

I’m so close to the top

Of this mountainous cliff

A rock shift

A slight rift

A finger slip

And a confidence dip

I can’t hold on

I feel all wrong

All of a sudden my body is aching

Hands are cramping, and muscles are breaking

These are the last few breaths I’ll be taking

This lifetime

I am going to fall

All the way down

From the highest ...

Jackie began to climb, giving it her all. So far, everything had been going fine. She took care of herself and knew what to do. She couldn’t believe it. Jackie was nearing the top, when, all of a sudden, she began to look down. Fear took over her.

She knew the short distance left to the top would determine if she will finally make it. Jackie began to question her abilities.

“Can I really do this?”...

The snow blew in their faces with a large force. Ashina and her wolves pushed on through it.

"How much farther?" A wolf shouted above the loud howling wind.

"Just a little more!" Ashina called back.

Then, the snow stopped and the wolves walked the rest of the way out of the trees. The plains before looked much more peaceful than the forest they had walked through.

Ashina found a huge rock and ...

𝖲𝖾𝖻𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾

"𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗐."

𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗎𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 " 𝖸𝖾𝗌, 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗌𝗍. 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾."

"𝗐𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇." 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁...

“You all right man? Hank asked. “You good?”

“I’m good. Nothing can ruin my shine. Some people need to walk on bare earth to be grounded but I need sheer rock to get lifted, bruh. You know what I mean?” Alan said.

Serene blue crags sheltered by bare maples, Birdsboro Quarry was Alan’s second home. He met Molly here. That thought left Alan exposed. A hollowness seeped into Alan as he reached on h...

I used to think it was nothing to

Scale a cliff

And jump

Propelled upward by curiosity and enthusiasm

A desire for adventure

And to show off for the sun

I loved it

It was fun so

Up and off the cliff I would run

But one day growing up

All the sudden

I was done

The wind felt heavier

The ledge felt sharper

The eyes felt judgier

My body jiggled my

Confidence away

Handholds crumbling

M...

As Alex hung precariously from the sheer rock face, his fingers gripping the cold, unforgiving edges of the granite, doubt crept into his mind. It was an emotion he rarely entertained, especially in a place where confidence was as essential as oxygen.

The wind whistled through the narrow crevices, carrying the distant sound of birds and the muted rush of a waterfall somewhere below. The sun cast ...

The only way to do that would have been for a few days before I would have a full recovery but then it was just too late for that and! The end!...

Jack was rappelling along a red cliff, zig-zagging with the wind that whistled just to tell him he was looking pretty. He laughed to himself.

“What’s funny?” Dylan shouted the question. When Jack got a good look at his face, he knew something was wrong.

“Jack, I’m sorry.” Dylan’s mouth pinched down like he was going to cry, while his eyes shifted in fear. “I didn’t know I’d be so stupid as...