RISING
POETRY BY CRYSTAL D. LANE
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Copyright 2009 Crystal D. Lane,
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DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to the children,
to the innocent who suffers.
I dedicate this to all who have survived abuse,
to all that found the strength
to stand on their own,
to speak out.
It's dedicated to the all too numerous
whose cries were never heard
or were ignored.
To those that are still locked in their pain,
To those that didn't survive.
Every one of us deserves to be recognized.
Every one of us,
Whether we spoke out or suffered in silence,
Have a strength others cannot know.
1 DREAMS
I close my eyes
And soar the skies
To find where I belong
Dreaming of a place
Where I won’t be told I’m wrong
When I speak aloud my dreams
And let my feelings show
When I make my own path
Not follow that same old road
A place where people will see me
The way I truly am
Not some phony character
Created in their minds
Just to make them feel at ease
Like it’s simple times
2 FREEDOM!
My spirit soars
With the joyous voice
The wondrous cry of Freedom!
For your hold over me
Is finally gone
Leaving my spirit Free
You took me from the heavenly fields
Of childhood’s innocence
And locked me in a personal hell
Of your own creation
You took from me all life’s joys
You took away my Freedom
And claimed the role of master of my soul
My life was filled with misery and pain
But now my soul is Free
For your hold over me
Is finally gone
Leaving my spirit Free
I saw you again the other day
I felt no fear of you
For evil’s weak and can be beat
I’ll fear you Never more
I felt no anger and no pain
For instead I felt a wondrous peace
My spirit finally Free
Life ended when you took away
Childhood’s innocence
But with a strong will --
And the help of great friends
I am reborn again
My spirit soars
With the joyous voice
The wondrous cry of Freedom!
For your hold over me
Is finally gone
Leaving my spirit Free!
3 SEAN
Wallowing in self-pity
At the loss of the life
Of the one I love
Full of bitterness
At the God that could take
My love away
I see a pattern emerge
Of love and hate
For every time I love
And it’s taken away
I despise the world
For my pain
Now I find I cannot
Treat his memory that way
For his love is too precious
To drown in my hate
He was the innocent rebel
A warrior of just
Never harmed a soul
Who didn’t threaten first
He was the guiding light
In the shadow
Of the valley of darkness
A soldier of Right
He fought for the light
The romantic angel
He took my hand
Lifted me up
From childhood’s pain
And fears long ingrained
He opened my mind to trust
Taught my soul to love
He gave freely of himself
Never forced his hand
He let old wounds heal
Always at my side
Never pressing
For me to drop my shields
Content in the knowledge
That love would win
Life left his body
Just recently
But his spirit didn’t go away
I feel him beside me
Watching over me
As I live my life
And let new wounds heal
He waits for me today
Content in the knowledge
Of eternity
4 THE ALMIGHTY MAN VERSES THE SAVAGE BEAST
People hunt just for fun
Animals hunt for food
People kill the animals
Just for what they eat
People say they own the land
Animals live with the land
People kill the animals
Just for how they live
People pollute the land
Animals keep it clean
People say that they protect
And kill the animals
People take the animals as pets
Animals must live in fences
People say that they protect
And kill the animas for living
People think that they’re almighty
Rulers of the world
Yet they kill the land, animals and themselves
And say they’re doing right
Animals just live their lives
Do only what it takes to survive
Don’t kill for fun or for revenge
And live a peaceful life
So tell me now
Who is it that wins
The almighty man
Or the savage beast
Yet can anyone win
In this world today
With the almighty man
Having his way
The savage beast
Man hunts in a game
While he eats the animal
He raised in a cage
Will the almighty man ever realize
That he is the savage beast
Nothing more than another animal
Led by instinctive needs
Only one difference stands
Against the almighty man and the beast
One’s a little more civilized
That one is the savage beast
5 ARMOR WALLS
People think that I’m strong
I don’t let others pain bring me down
And no one can make me cry
But that’s just an act I put on
To hide what’s inside
You could watch me everyday
Not a tear would show
Nor fright or pain upon my face
No matter what went on
Yet when you turn your back
And no one’s looking
Sometimes I’ll break down my armor walls
And let my feelings show
When no one is around
They say everyone needs a shoulder to cry on
But I can’t do it that way
The only shoulder I can cry upon
Is the late night and early day
6 EXISTENCE
The state of the world
We exist upon
People seem to share one thought
They seem to think making sixty-two
Is better than death at twenty-six
Even if you just exist
Instead of living the time