Rise - Arise
Rise - arise
Maybe this depression
Was simply a repression
Of my freedom of expression,
Especially when my thoughts
Descend and turn into should and ought.
Maybe I’m scared of the commotion
Of my boring or wild emotions
And my deep longing
For connection and belonging.
I’ve tried to break free
But mostly, feel lost at sea.
I’ve known my prisons
And maze of divisions
And dark tunnel
Where all I seem to do
Is crawl and stumble.
In my despair
I suddenly notice something:
Yes over there,
A small candle of hope
And a mountain rope
That I seemed to have missed
Or, flippantly dismissed.
And as I slowly climb
I look down and find
In the light of the sun,
The ashes of all the work I have done
And the sprouts of the seeds
Of the life I chose.
I gasp as the wind blows
Away, the last ghosts of the shadows
Of who I once was,
Because
The distance shows me - at last
The man I am, is becoming more and more
Free from the past.
© Sangeet Portals, 01.2023
Copyright © Sangeet Portals | Year Posted 2023
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