Summit Fever

Once
I used 
To always run 
Ahead, anxious that I
Would miss something and did
Miss many things along the trail - 
Orchids, frogs, small creeping birds, serpents, lizards,
Newts, clusters of amethyst crystal, ferns,strange 
Mushrooms, rare trees, leaf-cups of rain water,
I stumbled over rocks and roots,
Sweat streaming in my eyes
Eager only for hazy
Distant blue views 
From the
Summit