Life has humbled me,
beaten down
again and again
while you have been raised
on a pedestal, a false idol.
But I will rise again
and again
under my own power
no matter what.
Even if you do not
reach out to me.
For down is not dead,
beaten is not broken,
and if not fatal
it is not final.
Bowed heads receive
blessings, and from
knees bent we
rise again.