Rise

They don’t see their power


They don’t have to struggle


They don’t try to seek


They don’t help the misunderstood


They don’t want me to rise


Yet they do see me fall


 


I continue to slowly fall


From any chance at power


And yet I still want to rise


I still wish to try and struggle


No one notices the misunderstood


No one will seek what we seek


 


I think, what do I seek


I think, why do I fall


I think, who else is misunderstood


I think, where do I find power


I think, how do they struggle


I think, when will I rise


 


Why is it just me who will never rise


Even though I try so hard to seek


Understanding, the world is always a struggle


Every day fighting to not slip up and fall


Every day trying to find my own power


Why is it just me who is always misunderstood


 


In the end, I’m just misunderstood


From trying so hard to rise


To the ever escaping power


That we all fight to seek


I’m just tired of the fall


And I’m tired of the struggle


 


So I’m finished with the struggle


I’m finding aid so that I won’t be misunderstood


I will not let this make me fall


Instead I will stop so I may rise


I will stop so I may continue to seek


Ever greater and unstoppable power


 


Now I will power through any struggle


Now I will always seek aid so I won’t be misunderstood


Now I will only rise because it’s not an option to fall

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