The Ladder

&                     r

r                       a

e                      o

b     to     fly    s

m                     t

a    rise   like    s

l                       u

c    the    sky    j

o                      o

t    to    scale    t

d                      d

o    ascends      o

o                      o

w   each  foot w

f                       f

o    crossbars    o

t                       t

h    crossbars    h

g                      g

i    each foot    i

r                       r

p   descends    p

u                      u

Note: This poem should read:

Upright of wood to clamber

Upright of wood to just soar

Crossbars each foot ascends

Crossbars each foot descends

To scale, the sky

Rise like, to fly