I RISE TO SHINE

I RISE TO SHINE

I rise to shine to let my true identity surface

My fear cannot withhold my dreams any longer

The will to write my thoughts is so powerful

Beyond any withhold within me

Its tide overwhelms my restrictions

And I have to accept my role and duty

To put down the interwoven thoughts

That pours from my heart

To be scribbled on a white sheet and pen

With my excited trembling hands

Your will is my destiny which I embrace

You empower me with the hope to blossom

and survive in the current tide

My gratitude cannot be measured

For your blessings and favors

The writer in me has endured and suffered

My suppression and discouragement

And it cannot withhold any longer

So it surfaced to a destiny not known or deciphered

I rise despite the strength of the tide

This may sweep away my trembling legs

As my weak body may not endure

My heart and spine shivers

To the core of my existence

With the sudden realization that

I cannot withhold any longer

I rise to answer the persistent call

To do the needful by pouring out

The words that pricked my mind

Making me restless and guilty

For not doing what I ought to be doing

I rise to pave my way

To describe myself in a better way

Removing the shackles that chained

And imprisoned me within my mind

I rise to be myself

The real I with the firm resolve

Willing to try even if I may fail

With the hope to rise and try again

This is better than not trying at all

I rise because I must

As the end may be so near

My journey should not end silently

Burying my words with me in my final abode

These thoughts must be spoken out

As it pains the soul like the pregnant woman

Who must deliver to regain composure

So here it is my brainchild

Born and delivered within the current tide

Amidst lost and confusion

With the sole aim of easing the weight on my poor soul.