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Up or Down?
Falling down
I do not see myself
Climbing back up
Plummeting into a deep dark empty pit
I can not see myself
At the peak where fiery light sparks from the horizon in a sky overwhelmed with colors
Standing tall like a redwood tree, bold and brave
Is far from where I am. I am
A dead leaf, only needing to fall on soft soil to disintegrate and drift into the wind
Choose to give up
Someday I will be on the brink of survival and crawl just to keep going. I cannot
Continue on my path and face all obstacles
Wanting to quit
I can not find myself
Having the strength to pull myself back up
The strong gravity
Cannot be overcome. I can persevere through
Nothing
Slipping in a downward spiral
I am not
Fighting the tumbling rocks and raging waterfalls
Look back at past failures and regrets
Don’t ever
Envision a bright future and work towards the light
Choose to live with the fact that I am giving up on a dream
I cannot
Live through the twigs piercing my skin and the rocks digging into my flesh
Giving up
I am not
Climbing up
(Read from the bottom up, each line beginning with a capital)
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