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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

Copyright © Sherry Monsanto | Year Posted 2019



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See Me

SEE ME


Could you?
I pray 
on my knee
I fiercely plea 
could you
SEE 
ME?

Really see me?
Know the real me?
Try to be me?

Could you agree
to take the dive 
see where I’ve been
wade in my skin
let that sink in?

Not to accuse
or misuse
Not a command
just god’s plan

By his decree
would you take my hand 
sub-merge with me 
into an unsoiled sea
drowning the fear
that suffocates thee?
Be purified, revived 
reclaimed   
SET 
FREE?


Yes
I will choose
to capsize my view
surface clues              
the heart can’t refuse
I will wade in your shoe
drenched in each step
I drew renewed
flooded by river truth
til my saturated heart
could clearly
start to
know you, be you
SEE
YOU!

No debt to weigh
or fine to pay 
no hidden lies
or fake disguise

See what a sea 
of abundant love
can do?
For one and all 
not just a few
Float unfettered hearts
resurfaced anew
kissed by the dew
of time and space
engulfed in the current of
God’s quiet place

WE
stand 
face to face
embraced
 in a 
heartbeat of grace

I SEE YOU
YOU SEE ME
WE 
Emerge
Transformed
as
God’s Heart 
SET
FREE.

Copyright © Sherry Monsanto | Year Posted 2019


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