I Rise, Oh I Rise! Poem by PHUMLA KHANYILE

Though floors of insanity
Shake so vigorously
The bed of sands below
Seek to swallow me whole
I rise, oh I rise!

These torrents have long risen
With fierce and force driven
Down the gushing streams
Towards the hungry seas
Yet they shall have no hold

I rise oh I rise!
More than my countless falls
Up to the steepest slopes
Unto the deepest ravines
I shall not remain fallen

Along these lonely paths I walk
Though the world weighs me down
The heart fails to hold on to hope
My feet do carry me through
Out of this maze let me rise