Rising from the ashes

She rose from the ashes of despair

Like a phoenix battling the blazing fire

Dark night invaded her soul

But the darkness was blinded by her light

Your fate is in your hands

Kept whispering to her the stars

And the stars became dust

And the sun burned out

And the moon waned

Yet she remained

Battered yet still standing strong

She overcame all the difficulties

She danced her tears away

As she rewrote her story

As she made history

She had the wolf inside of her

They all kept saying

You can never tame a wolf

They all agreed knowingly

It doesn’t play in circuses

It will chew its leg from the snare to remain free

She can take anything, she is unbreakable

They were wondering how long it will take

Until she will break

They kept putting more pressure each day

It’s for her own good

They proclaimed confidently

She cried fiery tears of rage

As she tried to liberate herself

From the oppression of hate

No matter what she did, it was never enough

She broke her wings

As she tried to get out of the cage

The glass shattered, stained with red

As she imploded in the sky

As she pierced through the clouds with her flight

She swallowed the stars

She shone from within

An angel’s wings, covered in blood

Tears of an innocent are not worth all the gold in the world,

They all said loudly, proudly

Yet, they kept hurting and breaking the innocent

Until there was nothing left to break

Until the last feather fell and disintegrated

Until hope died and the flame of life burned out

Leaving a trail of ashes on the dead path

They were surprised she gave up the fight so quickly

She is a quitter, they all whispered

How disappointing, they said as they shook their heads disapprovingly

They watched as another flame rose

Let see how much longer will this one last

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Thank you for reading!

Bahora Saitova