I am a child of the earth and sea
brown eyes like the soil that feeds the land
flecks of gold so craved by greedy man
and ocean dancing under my skin
where blood is the fire that sustains me
I will not burn away with it
I, a phoenix, a forbidden pearl
my legacy is that which I tread
leaving footprints in the dust
and craters in the sky
shouting to the earth mother
I am a crucible of life
while she whispers in the wind
soft, like spring morning,
but stern, such as autumn's crisp breeze
yes, dear one, and I am life itself

I will not surrender myself to man,
to humanity's cruel gaze
know yourself and love yourself
you are the light in the dark, and the dark
that eventually claims all
you are made of stars and the earth's clay

You have never been merely ordinary