Rise up, you who are downhearted!
Remember, you are more than
the sum of everything said
that keeps you shackled and
quiet in your resolved life.

Stand, and hold a fist to the stormy
sky and defy the gods that have
cursed your colourless days, and say,
this is the day of my own making,
and no one, not even the great almighty,
who sits on a cold throne in heaven
and commands the ordinary to obey,
nor those voices that persist in cruelty’s
pleasure, shall hold you down as you
rise and rise above the grey clouds
that hide the sun on a dull day.

 

18/7/2026