When I Rise Up
When I rise up above the earth,
And look down on the things that fetter me,
I beat my wings upon the air,
Or tranquil lie,
Surge after surge of potent strength
Like incense comes to me
When I rise up above the earth
And look down upon the things that fetter me.
– Georgia Douglas Johnson
Note 1: Georgia Douglas Johnson was a playwright and a member of the Harlem Renaissance. This poem is not about the sun per se, but there are parallels. Parallels with the sun, and parallels with having Parkinson’s disease.
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