Get up!
Pull yourself up off your knees
Get up!
Can’t you see that you are free?
Get Up!
Stand up straight and seize your crown
Get up!
Don’t let the bastards wear you down
Get up!
Don’t you wallow there in vain
Get up!
Learn to weaponize your pain
Get up!
Though you struggle day and night
Get up!
Throw yourself into the fight
Get up!
Wasting life is such a sin
Get up!
Don’t you ever let them win
©The Beginning At Last
This one is dedicated to everyone out there who is fighting the good fight day in and day out. Fighting for their health, for their family, for a better way of life.
Each and every one of us has a struggle. Some are known to others, and some are fought from within. While I may not walk in your shoes or even know you, I am thinking of you, pulling for you and I respect you for getting up and getting it done, even when it hurts too much to do so.
Some days you will falter and some days you won’t have the strength.
But you will find that strength, you will rise up, and ultimately, you will dominate.
Now, get up. Because that’s what you do.
The inspiration for this poem was the song “Get Up” by Van Halen, off their 5150 album. I’ve included it below for anyone needing an extra shot of adrenaline in your morning coffee.
The Beginning At Last 
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