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Do we keep on Kicking, even after a body is down.

How low can we possibly go. Ode to liberation.

By Antoni De'LeonPublished 8 months ago 1 min read
Do we keep on Kicking, even after a body is down.
Photo by Nsey Benajah on Unsplash

The world does not pause for bruises, nor whisper soft apologies for the weight. It watches, indifferent, as dust rises from a body pressed into the cold earth.

Heavy hands have left their imprint, a history carved in bone and breath. Yet still, the boots swing, drumming against worn flesh, as if pain alone were not enough.

But in the dirt, where shadows settle, embers wait beneath the broken ribs. A spark, a tremble, a fleeting pulse---because even bodies drowned in dust can rise again.

Soon comes liberation.

They thought the earth would keep them, buried beneath the weight of cruelty, voices smothered in dust, bones resigned to silence.

But the ground does not hold forever. Even the deepest root cracks through stone, and the breath of the fallen lingers, whispering to the winds that carry change.

Slowly, something stirs...a tremor beneath the broken thing, an ember fanned to flame. And like dawn spilling over the horizon, they rise.

Scarred, but sovereign, we rise. Shaken, but standing.

Not merely reborn, but remade---not victims, but revolutionists.

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About the Creator

Antoni De'Leon

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. (Helen Keller).

Tiffany, Dhar, JBaz, Rommie, Grz, Paul, Mike, Sid, NA, Michelle L, Caitlin, Sarah P. List unfinished.

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  • Rohitha Lanka8 months ago

    Interesting and well written!!!

  • Whoaaa, this was so freaking powerful. Loved it!

  • Rohitha Lanka8 months ago

    Captivating poem and well written.

  • "We shall overcome." As true today as it ever was.

  • Tiffany Gordon8 months ago

    Gorgeous, empowering and life-affirming! You are on a roll my dear! Many of these gorgeous phrases could be tattoos as well. You may want to submit it to the tattoo challenge! 🌸🥰 " Like dawn spilling over the horizon, they rise!" Get it gurl! 💪🏾

  • Some love to bully, excellent observations

  • Nikita Angel8 months ago

    Fantastic

  • Kathy Tsoukalas8 months ago

    I saw a lot of lines in this one that could be tattooed, including in the beginning "The world does not pause for bruises." Excellent!

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