by Valerie D. Staton
She Arose…A phoenix out of a pile of ashes. Out of abandonment, out of hardships and constraints, out of depression and sadness.
She Arose…Out of cutbacks and set backs. Taking to the sky, looking down on ghosts of mental, physical, and economical abuse.
She Arose…Strong, majestic, empowered, and divine! Out of trials and tribulations she climbed. Casting off unsightly remnants of loss and despair, leaving pain and sadness behind.
She Arose…A new creature. Beautiful and refined! Out of a pile of ashes the phoenix climbed. With a surge of energy, she took to the sky and never looked back where her burdens lie.
She Arose!!
*** “She Arose” was published in the book “P.S. It’s Poetry: An Anthology of Eclectic Contemporary Poems Written by Poets from Around the Globe” – December 2020.
Poetic Reflections 