A woman becoming who she is supposed to be
Burning away the old concept of who she was
Burning brightly to who she is to be
The ash building around her feet
The simplicity of turning the residue into a beautiful jewel
Opening her flames to the strength inside her that was always there
Shedding her old skin of insecurity and doubt
Allowing her mind to see the growth of flowers in the flame
The flower growing where it should not be blossoming nonetheless
A deeper understanding, a radiance of her complexity
A luminosity of her elevating in an unfit environment
A glow of the goodness that was created from what should be scarred
A scarring from the animosity that contained her
She had a purpose and understanding that blew up wide for her to see
The flame not burning her to the new life but lighting her way
She rose higher just like the flame grasping for the change
Knowing inside that the very core of the fire was who she was to be
She glowed so effulgently for others to see
To guide the lost embodiment of hatred and trauma
The light ushering her to the love and healing
An understanding of how she climbs to view the ash and destruction beneath her
She will be the guiding light for others to follow
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Knowing Inside that the very core of the fire was who she was to be This explains the whole poem....Nice coming of poem