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Journey on the Stairs

Sometimes, we have to descend to ascend

By Dharrsheena Raja SegarranPublished about a month ago 1 min read
Top Story - February 2026
Photo by Serhat Beyazkaya on Unsplash

He went one step
D
     O
          W
               N

Shed away his ego

~~~⏬~~~

Second step
D
     O
          W
               N

Anger loosened its grip

~~~⏬~~~

Third step
D
     O
          W
               N

Bitterness drained from his veins

~~~⏬~~~

Fourth step
D
     O
          W
               N

Jealousy no longer followed him

~~~⏬~~~

Fifth step
D
     O
          W
               N

Greed fell from his hands

~~~⏬~~~

Sixth step
D
     O
          W
               N

Judgement stopped clouding his eyes

~~~⏬~~~

Seventh step
D
     O
          W
               N

Every grudge was cast aside

~~~⏬~~~

Eighth step
D
     O
          W
               N

Thirst for revenge quenched

~~~⏬~~~

Ninth step
D
     O
          W
               N

Hatred disappeared entirely

~~~⏬~~~

Tenth step
D
     O
          W
               N

He left his body behind

~~~⏬~~~

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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  • SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONSabout 12 hours ago

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  • 🌹🌹🌹🌹 WOW 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • 🔺️🧸♤🟡🔸️◾️🟣🔻🟩🔲💠❤¹²🔺️🧸♤🟡🔸️◾️🟣🔻🟩🔲💠❤¹²🔺️🧸♤🟡🔸️◾️🟣🔻🟩🔲💠❤¹² Thank you🌅 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 🍒🙏🐉🐾🍀😀🐾🙏🍒 Thank you🌅 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 🍒🙏🐉🐾🍀😀🐾🙏🍒 Thank you🌅 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 🍒🙏🐉🐾🍀😀🐾🙏🍒

  • Rene Volpi 8 days ago

    ❤️🌱❤️.. For sure.

  • Miss Bey9 days ago

    Love this beautifully written!🙏❤️🙂

  • WOW ♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐♥️🌸💐

  • 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹 Aloha . . . . . . 🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹

  • Victor Mendez12 days ago

    I had been thinking about you and decided to check in and was pleasantly surprised. The creativeness is splendid. And the return to the beginning in a full circle moment is adroitly handled. Loved it.

  • Denise Larkin12 days ago

    Love this. So unusual.

  • L.C. Schäfer13 days ago

    Oh I do like this! And the formatting is WORTH IT even if it was a total pain in the hole to pull off (I always struggle with it)😁

  • Novel Allen15 days ago

    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!

  • Seema Patel28 days ago

    Oh my God. Such poignant poem. If only. I see people carry all their psychopathy to grave.

  • Michelle Renee Kidwellabout a month ago

    Such a powerful piece, the choice of layout was perfect!

  • Paul Stewartabout a month ago

    This was powerful and the layout really drove the point home! congrats on Top Story, Dharr!

  • Grz Colmabout a month ago

    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!

  • Julie Lacksonenabout a month ago

    Oh, my goodness, I love this so much! The way you constructed the words, the word choices. Congrats on a well-deserved TS!! 💜

  • C. Rommial Butlerabout a month ago

    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!

  • Mariann Carrollabout a month ago

    Wow, this is amazing work! CONGRATULATIONS! Top Story ! Always deserving!

  • Pamela Williamsabout a month ago

    This is so true. It seems that being knocked down sometimes brings me back to my senses. I love this insight, Dharrsheena! ❤️

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