Ascension

[Semicircle]

I climbed all the way up,
and my journey's reward?
a naked monk, jacking it.

[Magpie]

I climbed all the way up,
what is my journey's reward?
a naked monk 'off guard'

Hi Sc for the sake of brevity could you drop 'what is' from line 2 
i'm also wondering if you need 'off guard' is it not implied by the fact that he's naked.

just a couple of thoughts
mark

[Mark A Becker]

Hey Semi C-

I climbed all the way up,
my journey's reward?  awkward sentence fragment
a naked monk, jacking it.

Should be capital "A" after the question mark. Maybe lose the "?" and just add "was" to begin L.3.  The masturbating monk is an unexpected turn, and "beats" the original version; that specificity adds more clarity. 

A new title may be in order, as well.  I have a suggestion, yet leave you to finish it: "The Sound of One ... "

[Magpie]

Aye, a good edit
I like the directness of it now
I didn't understand it before
Aye indeed

[Tiger the Lion]

"Ascension" might be a good title.

[Semicircle]

"Ascension" might be a good title.

What are you, a genious?

[Tiger the Lion]

"Ascension" might be a good title.

What are you, a genious?

Occasionally, yes. 
Moment to moment, I'm an idiot. 

It's a good title IMO because it's now literal, figurative and ironic all at the same time. You managed all 3 of those in the body of a short work, so the credit is on you. For me, titles are important, but useless if spotlighting a body that cannot promote itself independently.