Everest

 In that ineffable moment,

when I stood on the crown.

the world felt so tiny and,

my heart pounded aloud.

 

The breeze felt like, 

pats on my back.

and the sun seemed,  

in the reach of my hands.

 

A proud Indian echoed

inside me; with the tricolour.

waving jubilantly in the,

sky behind me. 

 

'Santosh you did it' they shouted, 

along with loud gushing winds.

and their voices seemed feeble,

over where my soul then sang.

 

I wish I could have stayed there,

and cherished the moments more.

but the world needed me here, 

more than ever before.

 

~Hemang Kargeti