<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=567678" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Once More I Rise</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once more I rise<br>My eyes, my lungs filled with dust <br>From the arena floor</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are too strong, my worthy foe</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The crowd clamors for my blood</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once more I rise<br>One last time before I fall, finally and forever</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I do not rise for you<br>Nor certainly for the pleasure of jeering voices<br>Fomenting hate, though they know not whom<br>They so despise</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In a way, I die for them<br>I represent their dark souls<br>In my disgrace, I somehow give them hope<br>Hope that they too can vanquish<br>Their enemies</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I do not choose to rise for them<br>And I most certainly do not rise for you, <br>Though, you are worthy<br>Of this final stand<br>A chance to prove the full strength of your hand</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No, I do not rise for you but<br>For myself<br>My pride mostly<br>It is all that remains of my miserable life<br>Pride in the one I had hoped to be: <br>Victor in this dark arena</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And so, as I rise<br>It is only pride that rises<br>And only pride that will fall<br>The rest of who I am or ever was<br>Remains buried in the dust<br>Nevermore to rise</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Hm.+Nes">Hm. Nes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=567678" data-title="Once More I Rise de Hm. Nes" data-description="Once more I rise My eyes, my lungs filled with dust From the arena floor You are too strong, my worthy foe The crowd clamors for my blood Once more I rise One last time before I fall, finally and forever But I do not rise for you Nor certainl..."></div> </div> </div>

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