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Date Posted: 00:12:45 05/15/01 Tue
Author: Holland
Subject: and so i rise

And so I rise

I don’t know what to say
Would it even matter if I said the right thing?
What is the right thing?
I struggle day after day
Grudgingly pulling myself through the hours
I count them down until night
Then even the sky portrays my sadness
A deep eternal emptiness
Wanting so bad to be filled
Each star is an attempt to end the darkness
But it is apparent there is no light strong enough
Though they seem countless, their affect diminishes
In search of the feeling that will replace my sadness
This is my eternal struggle
It will never be found
I’ve looked to long
All hope is lost
Only the sunrise every morning gives me strength
The strength to rise again and face another day
Another day of trial and grief
I count the hours as the cycle continues
The sun goes down and once again I plunge into darkness
It is not the black of the sky that makes me this way
My uncontrolled urge to relate the emptiness that is aboveme
In my dreams it continues
The feeling of want and acceptance is greater than ever
When I wake I can’t tell if I’ve dreamed
Just the overwhelming feelings are their tale-tell sign
But once again there is the sun and another day at it’sheels
I face it as strong as I can be
Today I’m strong enough
But how long I can rise and face tomorrow
That depends on the sun
As long as it rises, so shall I
And face the day as it is
All its trouble, all its anguish
I take it in stride
The dreary cycle takes its toll
But what else is there?
What is the alternative?
Where is the scapegoat?
There is none
And so I rise
And challenge the feeling again and again
And so I rise.

~Holland
(in the name of the son the father and the holy windmill)

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