608. Arisen

Knock me down…I’ll be stronger still.

You can’t stop an idea,

Or the human will,

To stand against tyranny,

And to do what is right.

I stand for the truth,

And rise to the fight.

Push me back…I’ll stand and return.

No, you can not stop me.

It is my concern!

For wherever evil dwells,

I’ll shed new light onto.

You can not stop light,

Even in the darkest night,

It shines right on through.

K. Aldaya, 2/5/23

Picture: From Firefly; https://akb723.tumblr.com/post/150316024434/singfromthehair-no-power-in-the-verse-can-stop

605. Valorous

Let me offer some hard-learned advice,

About struggle and sacrifice.

No matter how strong you are,

One day you will think twice,

And denounce every scar.

“Life is not worth living anymore”,

You will say…but you must endure!

For those few precious moments…

Of joyfulness…so pure.

Life’s in the experience,

So fight on with great valor!

K. Aldaya, 1/22/23

Picture: Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider; https://www.thefandomentals.com/why-we-need-vikanders-lara-croft/

599. Life

You never came for me,

So I came for myself.

I wandered for years in search of me,

I took on the quest begrudgingly,

Because no one else would.

On Earth, we merely cope,

And do our best, despite;

Yet, though it may seem a tired old trope,

I have learned that where there’s hope, there’s life,

And where there’s life, there’s hope.

K. Aldaya, 12/11/22

Picture: By Amira Shawky on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/cRHXr4RXhtw