Excerpt Week | Seeking Solace

callummclaughlin:

The Write Stuff is a hub for readers and writers alike. Throughout this week, Marcia is encouraging us all to get involved and share excerpts from our published works or WIPs. I chose to share a poem from my collection, Seeking Solace.

Originally posted on The Write Stuff:

Marcia has encouraged us all to share excerpts from our works and seeing as she recently posted a wonderful 5 star review of my poetry collection, Seeking Solace, it seemed entirely appropriate to share one of the poems she mentioned as a favourite, entitled ‘Rise’.

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RISE

Rise dear phoenix from the ashes

spread your wings and fly.

Wouldn’t they just love it

if you simply lay and die?

Little one, I’ll dry your tears

and bruises they shall heal.

For though they see the scars they make

they know not what we feel.

Be the light among the dark

and guide the lost ones home

to show we fight for what is right

and our hearts are ours to own.

So stand upon the rubble proud

for you are still alive.

It is not about the wounds we bear

but that we do still strive.

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Seeking Solace

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