Falling Up

You will never fall in love with me.
Don’t try to convince me
That I will always wait for you.
If you really look, you’ll see
I’m not here for the long haul
Don’t imagine
You give me reason to stay.
When things get hard I’ll leave –
Don’t imagine
I’m not like the others,
Goodbye.
I’ll never say
I love you.

(Now read from bottom to top)

Ryan Stone

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319 responses to “Falling Up”

  1. Really clever and beautiful ❤️.

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    1. So nice of you! Thanks 🙂

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  2. Wow wow ,am amazed 💓😍
    Nice one 👍

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    1. Very kind. Thank you 🙂

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  3. Masterpiece! 👏

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    1. Thank you 🙂

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  4. I just stumbled across this now, and I’m so glad I did! It’s such am amazing poem both ways 😊

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    1. Thank you so much! I’m happy you stumbled across it. Appreciate your kind words 🙂

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  5. This is amazing! I wish I was this creative and talented!

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    1. Thank you 🙂

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  6. A very cleverly written poem, thank you so much for sharing it with us❤️

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    1. Thank you for your lovely comment 🙂

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  7. Life Edet Avatar

    This is wonderful 😊

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    1. Very kind. Thank you 🙂

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  8. Life Edet Avatar

    Much love ♥️

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  9. Words won’t do any justice to the poem, the emotions, the contrast are all bang on! Amazing work 👏👏

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  10. Beautiful poem… It’s a symphony of emotions.❤️

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    1. Thank you so much! Very kind 🙂

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  11. This is absolutely genius! I love it and when I got to the bottom my whole world turned around. 🦋🦋🦋❤️😊

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    1. You just made my day with your lovely comment. Thank you 🙂

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    1. Thank you 🙂

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    1. Thank you 🙂

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  12. Both versions filled with feeling… I enjoyed the poem and your photo choice as well.

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    1. Hi, Destiny. Thanks so much for taking the time to read and leave a comment. Truly appreciated 🙂

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  13. Awesome work 👏

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    1. Lovely, thank you 🙂

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  14. Cool twist… or should I say turn!

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  15. Never seen a poem like this before. Must’ve taken a lot, but felt victorious in the end😊. Really cool!
    Pat

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    1. Thanks, Pat. Glad you liked it 🙂

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  16. I appreciate this very much. Mind blown.

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    heidiedmonds140deea86c

    captivating. Turned my emotion processing on its head. disappointment, confusion, hope & elation all hanging out on the same plain.

    very cool.

    clever poet.

    “Love is falling upwards” I have a photo of that saying

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  18. heidiedmonds140deea86c Avatar
    heidiedmonds140deea86c

    what a trip. Love the way i processed feelings of disappointment, confusion, Hope & desire in such quick succession reading that through. & again.

    ”To love is to fall upwards” in a photo I took a couple of weeks ago. Thank you Ryan for the clever play on perspective.

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    1. Thank you, Miss Heidi. Always a pleasure to read your insights 🙂

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    Deadrannebaston

    I was a little baffled at first. Lol. But when I obeyed and read it upwards I got it. But is that live though?

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  20. Woow it’s very pleasant

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    1. Thank you, Elena 🙂

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  21. 🤌👌👍🫶🙌🤎

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  22. Nice poem, did one of this kind of poems before. What are they called again?

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  23. Wow! Reading in reverse just changed the entire meaning. This was genius!✨

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    1. Thank you so much! 🙂

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    1. Thank you 🙂

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  24. 🥰 I love it
    I shall try to come up with a poem of this nature ❤️

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    1. Very kind, thank you 🙂

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  25. Masterfully done. I love it when poetry is outside the box.

    Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Thanks so much! Really appreciate the kind words 🙂

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  26. This is just fabulous

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    1. Thank you so much 🙂

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  27. Omg I loved reading this. It’s so creative!!

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    1. Thank you so much 🙂

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    Akanksha yadav

    Lovely poem

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    1. Thank you 🙂

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  29. So touching ,nice 😍

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    1. Thank you 🙂

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  30. Beautiful post 🌅🌅

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    1. Thanks so much 🙂

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  31. Enjoyed listening to your poem. I record many of my poems and songs. I think it brings more meaning depth to what we write.

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    1. Thank you 🙂 I don’t think my Aussie accent is made for poetry reading…but I really appreciate you listening 🙂

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  32. love this, in both directions

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  33. rainandclouds Avatar
    rainandclouds

    So touching , both point of views are amazing.

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    1. Thank you 🙂

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  34. Ann Esquivel Avatar
    Ann Esquivel

    I prefer the top to bottom version so we’ll written write some more

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    1. Thank you, Ann 🙂

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  35. You’re a very talented poet, Ryan. Very well done! Poetry is indeed an unsung genre with more potential and requisite skill than it is given credit for.

    Really great!

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    1. Thank you for such a lovely comment, Chante – truly grateful for your kindness 🙂

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  36. So beautifully written 👏

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    1. Thank you for such kind feedback 🙂

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  37. Wow, I loved reading this, and then I read it upside down too. Amazing poetry. Made me smile!

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    1. Thanks so much, Harmony. Such a nice comment to start my day 🙂

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  38. Ann Esquivel Avatar
    Ann Esquivel

    Down side up now great 😃👍

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  39. This is amazing!! Wow and it all makes sense! Loved reading it!!!

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    1. Very kind! Thanks so much 🙂

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  40. Amazing one! This poem is surely a lovely one. GENIUS! What do you call this kind of poem?

    Btw I also write poems, it’d be great if you could change the check out my blog.

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  41. This is just so incredibly amazing ❤️

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    1. Very kind! Thank you 🙂

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  42. Ingenious✨

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  43. from the top down, it’s a love, and from the bottom up, it’s, a completely, different sort of, love, how very, creative!

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    1. Thank you so much 🙂

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  44. What a wonderful and beautiful poem. Will consider this style. Great piece!

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    1. Thank you, Miss Gray. Deceptively tricky, but great fun to write. Good luck 🙂

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