Rising
Added 2021-03-24 10:14:54 +0000 UTCPOETRY (#JasperPoetry)
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
— Maya Angelou
