The Ever Shining Phoenix
written by: Linda M. Crate
@thysilverdoe
sweet smelling flowers
work their soft magic
banishing the darkness
for a moment
of musing,
their petals beckoning me to reflect
upon the sunshine;
life can be tough but so am i—
more than every
bitter disappointment,
and every mistake;
like these tiny flowers i have my
own lyrics and fragrance
to grow as i flower and bloom
over and over—
i will never surrender my fire
and from the ashes i will always rise
i am the phoenix
dancing in the sunlight or in the darkness with the moonlight,
but forever shining no matter what.
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has three published chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013), Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014), and If Tomorrow Never Comes (Scars Publications, August 2016). Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015. The second novel of this series Dragons & Magic was published in October 2015. The third of the seven book series Centaurs & Magic was published November 2016. Her novel Corvids & Magic was published March 2017.
Latest posts by Linda M. Crate (see all)
- We Deserve More - June 30, 2023
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