While You'Re Rising Up Poem by Susan Lacovara

Everybody has to struggle sometime
Underneath the canopy of defeat
To come out on the other side
And stand on your own two feet
When the winds blow heavy on your hill
With anguished strength for search of will
Know that I know this...
It's an opportunity missed
So don't let it get you down
Let it get you down
Let it get you down
While you're rising up

And when world appears an empty cup
There's still more left to fill you up
So don't let it get you down
Let it get you down
Let it get you down
While you're rising up

Everybody has to muddle through
The darkest kind of storms
Until the skies are parted blue
And the brilliant rainbow forms
And when you're looking for a reason
To look forward to another season
Comin' round... you can rebound
And don't let it get you down
Let it get you down
Let it get you down
While you're rising up

Go on, take hold of the kite string
Be brave, be bold, it's the right thing
There's much to your surprise
When you finally realize
Keep a focus in your eyes
Be alive...while you're rising up

We all sometimes walk a worried path
Without compass and feeling lost
In summation, when you do the math
Rich returns to pay the cost
When the world appears an empty cup
There's still more left to fill you up
So don't let it get you down
Let it get you down
Let it get you down
While you're rising up

Go on unfurl your kite tail
You'll succeed if you know you might fail
The only promises guaranteed
Are in the measure of our deeds
Of our love filled patient planted seeds
All is found...
So don't let it bring you down
Let it bring you down
Let it bring you down
While you're rising up