Get up, fall down
Get up, fall down
Metaphors of the Fight
Resonate right now.
Two steps forward; three steps back
Repeat ad nauseum
It hurts:
To fail
[Intransitive verb] “To stop functioning normally”
To be
The embodiment of defeat
To claim Descartes as self-defence
Body-mind, body-mind
But where am I?
To disappoint
[Transitive verb] “To fail to meet expectations”
As childish moral inculcations
Crumble
Defeated edifices
Before beaten eyes
To surrender
[Transitive verb] “To give up completely”
To let
Teardrops punch pillows
With angry fists
The release
Of hostage frustrations
To rage
Against the dying of intellect
Against the theft of corporeal liberty
Breeze in sweeping hair, water on grateful skin
Sensual freedom
Robbed before sleeping eyes
Collect your self
Start again
Reshape your self
Repair exposed, wounded gaps
I will not give up
I will not give up
I will not give up
I will not
Give up
Da capo ad finitum
