Press Me Down and I will Rise
Tell me… you don’t
belong
Tell me… you don’t exist
Tell me… you can’t exist
Tell me… that you can’t
see me, hear me
Tell me… you are…
irrelevant
Tell me… you are… weak
and meek
Tell me… that I am
powerless
Tell me… that you are
the power and the powerful
Tell me… that you can
and will…
Destroy me,
Squeeze me… strangulate
me
Tell me…
You are going to make me
a servant…
Make me…servant of a
servant
Tell me, you will make
me kneel to your servant
Tell me, you can unleash
your servants on me
And you show me you can
unleash your servants on me
And you unleash your
servants on me
And you show me the fury
of your servants
You tell me, that is
only the beginning
There is more of
that…lurking
Waiting to eat me, one-whole…gulp!
Tell me, that I have no
fighting chance
Tell me, that I cannot
survive the wrath
Tell me, that I am
voiceless, powerless and meek
Tell me, I don’t have
the legs to stand
Tell me, that I am
hungry and starving
Tell me, I have neither
the means nor power
You show me that you
are…
The power, the mighty
You even claim to be the
almighty
You show me you can…
Pass judgments,
As judge, jury,
prosecutor
You are the witness, the
alibi
You show me you
can…disregard voices,
Overcome dissenting
voices
You show me… you can,
stir voices… any voice
You have trophies of
successes…
Stories of destruction
Stories of unmatched
human oppression
Stories of merciless
capacities to inflict pain
Collateral damage to you
To victims, everlasting
pain
You anointed you with
exceptionality
Confident that you have
ensured invincibility
Free from
liability…Accountability
You showed me your
determination
Your persistence…and
action
Your unwillingness to
bend or listen
You show me no choice
but your heathen
A life of dependency
A life of servitude to
you and you subjects
You have nullified my
existence once
Sentenced me to death
twice
Yet, I rise
I rise above the
darkness
I rise above your brutes
I rise above your
brutality
I rise to humanity, for
humanity
I rise above your
brutality
To sanity
I rise above the cloud
of deceit
I rise… above the
conceited brutes
I rise…
Above the entrapments
they weave
I rise
Against treachery with
fury
I rise…
Against injustices
I rise for justice
Yes, I rise…
I rise…
>From poverty, through
poverty to prosperity
I rise…
>From darkness, through darkness
to light
I rise to challenge the
challenges
And I rise
I rise…for the people,
my people
I rise from the gutters
of hell to the heavens of the world
I rise to discover and
uncover beauties
I rise at par
I rise from oppression to
freedom
I rise above fear… to
bravery
I rise atop mount Soira
I rise to Forto Asmara
from Sewra
I rise…
I rise for you and with
you Eritrea
Happy New Year 2012
Nkid T-ray
Amanuel Biedemariam
Awetnayu_at_hotmail.com
Received on Mon Jan 02 2012 - 12:09:36 EST
