RAPID CYCLING POEMS

THE PHEONIX WILL RISE

THE PHEONIX WILL RISE

There is no greater achievement in life

Than to stand back up after you’ve been knocked down

Your wounds are deep, but not created by a surgeon’s knife

You are unhappy, yet you smile for others and refuse to frown.

You’re stronger than you could ever envisage

Determined, courageous, still standing, so brave

But you still insist that you are timid

Isn’t it a miracle to survive when you are so afraid?

If only you could understand what others see

Every time that they look at you

You are a far better person than I could ever be

All the turmoil that you’ve been through.

Only you can know the truth

Of the daily hell that life puts on you

I know you had a misspent youth

But the respect you have, hell, if you only knew.

So many times you’ve been knocked to the floor

Bloodied and broken, so sad and depressed

Each time you have rallied and taken on more

Understand that to know you is to be truly blessed.

It’s those that disrespect you that are ugly inside

They have the problem, they are filth in my eyes

Don’t put yourself down, you have no reason to hide

You are a phoenix, and from the fire you will rise.