Wrote 4 stanzas using the Tanka form (5-7-5-7-7) for the challenge today. The picture given was a flight of stairs taken in Portugal. The picture brought back the memory of climbing similar steps in Monterosa (Cinqué Terra ) in Italy.

These mountain steps,
I wonder where they lead…
Moss covered rocks,
I tread, each step with care,
Puffing and panting, I mount…
What lies beyond this?
Breathless, a fleeting thought cuts…
What does my soul seek?
Past wild flowers- pink, yellow,
Green grass and fallen leaves…
Known roads, known faces,
Tiny specks from above…
I leave behind,
Eight and Four hundred steep stairs,
The sky white, the sea blue…
At the very top,
A chapel solo, quiet, still…
I before it,
Exhausted, exuberant,
At peace; content I stand…

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