Phoenix...

I wrote this awhile ago and recently shared it with my friend.  She was quick to point out something I had missed.  This applies to so many people at any given time.

We are all going through something in our daily lives.  We all have struggles, times we feel low and we all lose faith in ourselves once in awhile.  Every single one of us!

But no matter how alone we are feeling, we are not alone.  We all have a beautiful light within and we all deserve to feel good enough to let that light shine bright.

So when you are feeling down, alone, deserted and just lost... remember that there are people out there that support you and believe in you....

Phoenix

Tracey Howard

What do you want to be

When you grow up?

The universal question

Adults seem compelled to ask

Tell me child

What do you want to be?

With stars of promise

Shining from your young eyes

You answered with dreams

A doctor!

An astronaut!

A super star!

A super hero!

Not even the skies

Could limit you

There were no goals

Too high to reach

Adults would praise you

How precious, how beautiful

How smart, how daring

And you were told

You could do anything

Could be anything

And you agreed

Soaking in that praise

Gloriously accepting it

As your due

You knew in your heart

You were everything

Beautiful

Shining with a flame so bright

You dreamed…big!

Somewhere in that dreaming

You began to lose

Your confidence

Your drive

Your thirst to soar

Above the clouds

You no longer believed

In yourself

And your flame dwindled

Until it guttered out

Leaving you cold in the night

When asked again

What do you want to be

Now that you have grown?

Your insecurities answer

In tiny whispers

Eyes downcast

Apologizing for daring

To even exist

Enough!

It’s time to fulfill

Those spectacular dreams

Be your own super hero

Now is the time

To don that cape

And save yourself!

You are even more beautiful

Special

Amazing

Now than you were then

Raise your head

And your eyes

See the promise

And the wonder

That still lives in you

You are already

A super star

Re-ignite the flame

I see still burning within

Shine bright

Blind those who

Would hold you down

Rise up through the ashes

Of self-doubt

Like the phoenix

Through the flames of rebirth

To burn the shadows away

Purging the negatives

Rising above the nay-sayers

Dance in your flames

Light the skies

Believe in yourself

Like I have always

Believed in you

©2015 Tracey Howard

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