You Are Free
David S. Suarez | 6/16/2003

David S. Suarez (Zeta Eta - Penn State ‘96) wrote several pieces about his hiking and climbing experiences and what they meant to him. In this poem, he uses climbing as a metaphor for life and freedom. David was an employee of Deloitte Consulting on the 99th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York, N. Y. He died September 11, 2001.

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David Suarez Memorial

The air is cool,

the sky is dark,

your muscles relax,

while nature’s breath fills your lungs

You have accomplished your tasks,

felt the pain,

and endured the pressure,

a pressure so immense

that you lived to escape

You have climbed to the very peak of the mountain

and now relax on a rock,

high above the trees

while others sleep

you are enveloped by nature’s beauty

for just a moment you abandon your incarcerated body

wholly relinquishing your ties to human nature

and for only an instant, you become part of God

you are free

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