The Phoenix
 

                   She now rises proudly
                   undaunted to all.
                   The swift mighty Phoenix
                   that some thought would fall.

                   From ashes of sadness
                   and years full of pain,
                   A  distant  dim memory
                   only remains.

                   Replaced is a feeling of hope
                   and of pride.
                   A true understanding with
                   nothing to hide.

                    Some thought it would crush
                    her.
                    Some thought she would fall.
                    But the swift mighty Phoenix
                    now laughs at them all.

                    Undaunted, untarnished, she
                     now is set free.
                     She will savor the goodness
                     of all that will be.

                     "The Poet"

                     Judy Hamilton

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