raise them up

raise them up

sweet surrender.

yield unlike no other 

to the world, 

for it can bind you, 

tie you up for nothing.

do not take hold 

of the knots, have no part.

do not go where they

say tread.

do not let their tongues

disguise motives.

the truth is ill-willed, 

but it will save you. It is. 

let no other 

take you down,

for you are to take 

them up.