Sherry Monsanto Poet Ballad

Then Rise

THEN  RISE


  
When the plot you sowed
 you shall receive 
the lies you told 
so you shall cleave
What you thought you knew
 becomes naive 
and you’re the one
who’s left deceived 
When there’s nothing more 
to hold or grieve
so you turn around
 to leave
THEN RISE


When what you see
ain’t what it seems
what you believe 
deceives
just turn around
Rise above 
what is conceived
the fight’s a farce 
lie’s wicked weave
to appease false
and petty grieves
fight a foe 
that’s make-believe
start a war 
with no reprieve
turn around
AND RISE
above mortal eyes

Rise above the battleground 
Rise above the lost be found
Crest upon the soul unbound
Soar up to the next sunrise 
Recognize 
who you can truly be
when the light burns away 
life’s dead debris
turn around 
AND RISE 

When the life you create 
has broken you down
and fate has you falling 
further down
a twisted game of self-demise 
the rules you wrote 
you can’t revise
It all becomes a cruel, cheap disguise
haunts the bones when eulogized
suffocates the sound of battle cries
cause behind the smoke 
there lies no prize 
and all is lost 
on the field of lies
so you turn around 
to leave
THEN RISE


Rise above the battleground 
Rise above the lost be found
Crest upon the soul unbound
Soar up to the next sunrise 
Recognize 
who you can truly be
when the light burns away 
life’s dead debris
turn around 
AND RISE

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