To Rise Above
does not challenge
volume of voice;
Rather,
to Rise
we must become
light-er.
Start by letting go
of what was never able
or willing to support your weight-
in words;
it may be all ready
too late
to try to fly
on your own.
Up or down, to fall or float
dares us to face that timid demon;
in doing so, we learn
a bit about freedom-
not of choice or right,
as in 'Fight or Flight',
but to maintain and conserve
the quiet right
to let go.
And move on,
to knowing
there is much more
than time
to exist and resist
changes
of the heart.
Painting by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1802) in [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
