Rise Again

Slowly and tenderly,

I dusted off my knees

after I fell to the ground,

as my eyes were filled

with silent tears and

my cries made no sound,

then standing on my feet

I tried to compose myself

and wiped my tears away,

and once again walked on

through life's ever narrow

and ever bending way

and through the winding path

I have met many obstacles,

and yet through all

the difficulties I faced

I have also faced miracles,

and every time I see my myself

painfully trip and fall

on the side of the road,

being bent up

by all my back breaking load,

and no matter the weather,

in sunshine, through snow, or in rain

I have also seen myself

stand up once again

'midst all the wounds,

'midst all the pain

and I know deep in my heart

though sometimes it breaks

it always finds a way

to heal itself whatever it takes,

and although sometimes

I may faint and grow weary

and my knees would falter

and my eyes would be teary,

I have known of the strength

that keeps me going

that makes me rise again

and keeps me hoping

that a brighter day

is always bound to dawn

and that the night will end

and the darkness will be gone

that when the winds would blow

and the clouds will amass

it may bring forth the storm

but storms are always bound to pass

and that the tears that flowed

and formed the mighty rivers

that rushed and rolled

into oceans cold

that once have drowned

my sad and lonely soul

are always bound to dry

after I let myself cry

and the pain that once consumed

my weak and weary heart

is always bound to die down

and it will slowly depart

and then through the bends

of the road that in life I am taking

uphill or downhill

I will always keep walking

though long is the road

and home is far ahead

I will always follow the path

that I am meant to tread

and through all the fears

I would face along the way

I will rest for a while

and remember to say:

I shall rise again.

Copyright 2022 by Jowie Espiritu