Jacob Ephrim

You gave me back my confidence,
when despair was all around.
You encouraged me to climb the wall,
that wall my guts were found.

You didn't talk me through it,
No, I did it all on my own.
I planned each careful step and reach,
as though I'd always known.

And though I sometimes slipped,
never, never did I fall.
Until, at last, I reached the top,
the top of that damned wall.

But I knew you had me covered.
No matter what, I'd be okay,
for you were on the end of the rope
and I was "On Belay."

There is a link between us,
an invisible climbing rope.
We help each other through the night
and give each other hope.

Yes, you may slip or slide or stop,
so drive your pitons deep,
snap those carabiners closed
and to your climb route keep.

When fate or fear halt you,
I've got your back, okay?
Even when I'm no longer here,
you are always "On Belay!"