final challenge

no man paves the road that he must walk, but he can choose the path that it will lead. Although your course is laid with hardest rock, you have turned it toward dark mountians. Will you not heed the warnings in this place of numbing height? You have reached a narrow bridge across the wide, deep chasm, where winds bare the deserts bite and drink the blood of those who have crossed or tried. My own bridge spanned, I stand and watch in fear: your flesh will be sand-flayed to barest bone.. all mask disintergrate, self will shine clear- an ordeal, sadly, that you must face alone. Still, as you take that first step, know that I have planned to wait for you with love and outstretched hand.....