Rise! . Poem by Dorcas Tayire

I stumbled, i fell
rising again, I fell,
retracing my steps, I fell
tearing apart, crying out loud,
I fell.

Gloomy days,
blurry nights.
Days of trials,
nights of denials.

Rising again, I fell
but still kept pushing,
striving,
working,
building,
rising...
falling...
till my story took a positive turn;
I arose to fall no more.
Rise.
I stumbled, i fell
rising again, I fell,
retracing my steps, I fell
tearing apart, crying out loud,
I fell.

Gloomy days,
blurry nights.
Days of trials,
nights of denials.

Rising again, I fell
but still kept pushing,
striving,
working,
building,
rising...
falling...
till my story took a positive turn;
I arose and fell no more.