I aspire to be the bird on fire
the one who can crumble entire worlds and
harbor more love than anyone thought possible

The one who heals others
even when they are hurting more
because they care too deeply

The mother, teacher, friend, healer, Phoenix

I never thought I could be that
to someone else
never thought I was good enough

But your porcelain hand
reached out for mine
And I became.

I was flame, undying
Friend, never ending
I was a Phoenix

The one who felt too much
the one who carried too much
the one who loved too much

I healed
and burned
and created

It took her cry for help and
your words of gratitude that mirrored mine
to uncover my eternal flame

but I had been a bird on fire the whole time

we have the family we are born into
but we also have the families we choose
I claimed another mom
and she chose me too

she took me into her heart
a place I thought would be too full for me
she found me as a crippled bird
but saw the Phoenix I could be

she healed me with her fire
and planted me in her soul
now I carry a piece of her
She has me in her control

I am tied to her
through the ember she embedded in my heart
but I know she’ll always hold me
Our souls will never be apart

Our fires have intertwined themselves
into the love we both share
Two once fragile birds
reborn. and are no longer scared

free of judgment
my walls came tumbling down
I’m not afraid of this vulnerability
because in her warmth, I could drown

She stitched my wounds together
with her oh so precious flames
now I’m loving her just as fiercely back
and my healing fire cannot be tamed

she is a Phoenix
capable of so much destruction
capable of so much good

she chose love when she didn’t have to
using her fire to warm the cold
to heal the broken

She holds the world together with her flames
I’m surrounded by the light
I’m drowning in it

Her inferno ignites souls
her passion inspires
she lights the kingdom on fire

sharing her blaze
so others might spread that light
she is a Phoenix

she is a Phoenix