Laying there,
Almost asleep.
Silent, Rustling thoughts.
Reach out for my friend,
...The Heavens stamp upon my weakened chest,
My relentless, petrified trembling.
Is this my becoming?
No.
I am Stronger than This.
~
Let the beast trod his energy asunder until he trods his last.
And there I stand.
I labor these embrittled bones to rise.
I stand here.
I bleed all I have and more,
as I stare into your pestilent eyes,
and I say,
I.
Am.
Strong.
You will not take this from me,
I fear you not.
No matter how many times you crush my heart,
I will rise.
Again.
And Again.
Until the day I rise above you and I can finally...
give you my thanks.
This endless torrent of pain that pours from my heart feeds the earth within which my roots are planted.
I grow stronger with each drop.
You cannot take from me what you've never known.
But,
I forgive you...
because I am strong.
I am.
~Robert van Lingen
Dec 18, 2018
Dec 18, 2018 at 12:51 PM UTC
Laying there,
Almost asleep.
Silent, Rustling thoughts.
Reach out for my friend,
...The Heavens stamp upon my weakened chest,
My relentless, petrified trembling.
Is this my becoming?
No.
I am Stronger than This.
~
Let the beast trod his energy asunder until he trods his last.
And there I stand.
I labor these embrittled bones to rise.
I stand here.
I bleed all I have and more,
as I stare into your pestilent eyes,
and I say,
I.
Am.
Strong.
You will not take this from me,
I fear you not.
No matter how many times you crush my heart,
I will rise.
Again.
And Again.
Until the day I rise above you and I can finally...
give you my thanks.
This endless torrent of pain that pours from my heart feeds the earth within which my roots are planted.
I grow stronger with each drop.
You cannot take from me what you've never known.
But,
I forgive you...
because I am strong.
I am.
~Robert van Lingen