Ignoring the Demons
Lofoten Islands, Norway
I feel alone, but I’m not.
A deep inner dialogue distracts my mind, so much so that I'm alone on the mountain.
Fatigue claws my mind inward, as I take each step as it comes. Just ten more, ten more steps until my next rest. Ten soon becomes twenty, thirty, a hundred and before I realise I'm no longer alone.
Hugs and smiles greets me at the summit, as we all marvel at our surroundings.
Connected, regrouped we're a crew again, but on the slog to the top, it was me that took each step, me and my inner demons telling me to stop.
