Journey on the Stairs
Sometimes, we have to descend to ascend
He went one step
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Shed away his ego
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Second step
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Anger loosened its grip
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Third step
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Bitterness drained from his veins
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Fourth step
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Jealousy no longer followed him
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Fifth step
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Greed fell from his hands
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Sixth step
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Judgement stopped clouding his eyes
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Seventh step
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Every grudge was cast aside
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Eighth step
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Thirst for revenge quenched
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Ninth step
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Hatred disappeared entirely
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Tenth step
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He left his body behind
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Free from the weight of Earth
Untouched by its noise
He returned to what he was
Before the world taught him otherwise
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Dharrsheena Raja Segarran
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Comments (99)
Wow! I missed this entirely. Great way of shedding life's burdens Dhar. Wonderful reentry poem. Dhar is back. Yeah. Love the steps of shedding.
Loved your words and the way you constructed this.
🦋꧁🌹꧂ ꧁🌹꧂꧁🌹꧂🦋' BLESSINGS 🦋꧁🌹꧂ ꧁🌹꧂꧁🌹꧂🦋
Lovely poem & excellent advice!💖🤗 I just hope he lived 83 wonderful years of life between the 9th & 10th steps down!😳😉
💙💗💗 .💗💗.💗💗💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💙❤🌹 LOVE 🌹💛💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💚💚💚 .💗💚 💚💚💛
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Today is Chinese New Years. Happy New Years!
Oh my God. Such poignant poem. If only. I see people carry all their psychopathy to grave.
Such a powerful piece, the choice of layout was perfect!
This was powerful and the layout really drove the point home! congrats on Top Story, Dharr!
I found you! (..it wasn’t too hard) And surprise you have a new piece. I love the message and structure of this D. Well done. I’ve never heard the subheading before, “Sometimes, we have to descend to ascend” but I like it a lot. Did you make it up or paraphrase. If it is a real phrase I’m surprised I’ve not heard of it before. Miss your head!
Oh, my goodness, I love this so much! The way you constructed the words, the word choices. Congrats on a well-deserved TS!! 💜
Well-wrought, Dharrsheena! The riddle goes: What was I before my first thought? The punchline to the joke is: At peace, even if I didn't know it!
Wow, this is amazing work! CONGRATULATIONS! Top Story ! Always deserving!
This is so true. It seems that being knocked down sometimes brings me back to my senses. I love this insight, Dharrsheena! ❤️
Love this, Dharrsheena! It reads like a new-age light version of Dante's Inferno. your breadth of writing genres never ceases to amaze me.
Wowsers D, this is so amazing! Missed it first time round, congrats on Top Story and placement in weekly leaderboard, and that is by far the most amount of comments I've seen!
Congrats on top story! I love how you aligned the stair concept on the actual text structure.
Returning, Dhar, to congratulate you on leading this week's leadership board❣
Congratulations, Dharr.
Awesome work! Congratulations on making Top Story!! 💯
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯⭐⭐⭐
Congratulations on your Top Spot on the Leaderboard! Soooooo well deserved. ⚡💙⚡
That's my Girl! Congratulations my dear on your TS! I am so proud of you. Keep writing. You are forever blessed!
Congratulations on your leaderboard placement!