Now I...

I Rise.

From the ashes of what I once was,

I was a shell of myself,

But no longer.

Now I Rise.

 

I Live.

I once pretended to be aware of reality,

Floating through and never seeing anything,

But no longer.

Now I Live.

 

I Dream.

Once my sleep was plagued by nightmares,

I was suspended in impending blackness,

But no longer.

Now I Dream.

 

I Love.

Once I claimed to care,

Pretending to like those around me,

But no longer.

Now I Love.

 

I Hope.

Once upon a time,

I gave up my belief in the power of wishing,

But no longer.

Now I Hope.

 

I Rise.

From the ashes of what I once was,

I was a shell of myself,

But no longer.

Now I Rise.

Reviews

[Nathan Durham]

That was beautiful. Once again, I like the flowing style used in your poetry. I really like the emotion that shows through this. I can personally relate to everything in this poem. I have been broken down many times, giving up on the world, and not caring, and then rising up through it all.

[Michael X]

wow, as young as you are, Alice, i could expect this type of depth and sincerity from a seasoned poet, shows just how talented you are. keep it up!

[♍ Kirstin ♎]

This is really good and very powerful, you are a good writer, you definatly have a talent.

[gabby]

you surely do rise..you have rosen as an amazing writer your very talented

[Wolfe Greytome]

I really like this one a lot. This piece reads very strongly. It is also very lyrical in quality. As I read it, I could almost heara throbbing bass line in the background adding emphasis to your underlined parts and just a soft steady guitar (maybe a little bit of drums) going throughout the rest. Straight up, this piece kicks a*s.