Rise As the Phoenix 2.0

If you are like me,
you have often wondered
why you have suffered so.
If you are like me
you have often wondered
how you are going to make it
through the impenetrable darkness.
And if you are like me,
you have often wondered
"why am I here" and 
"what is the meaning of my life?"

Our task is to give meaning
to our own suffering
to let our hardships direct us
in ways to love one another.

Our task is to rise out of the ashes of our suffering
with the realization that we are the phoenix
who die and are reborn in the same fire
and then to share that discovery with the rest of humanity.

But just like any new-born
we must be patient with ourselves
as well rediscover who we are
after surviving the all consuming flame.
We have to be patient with ourselves
as our wings grown in strength...
as our wings replace their downy fluff
with feathers built for flight.

And in the meantime we must maintain our faith
that we will learn to fly again.
That though we feel small,
weak, and vulnerable after hardships
those feelings won't stay with us forever
as long as we set that intention.

With that I declare, "Let me wake up from the darkness,
let me open my eyes to the light that never left my side."
I shall rise out of the Hell-fires, I shall rise out of the ashes,
a bird of fire.
A bird of fire reaching out to sibling Phoenix scattered everywhere.
Light bringers, let's bring the dawn. Let's chase away the darkness...
or more accurately, let's wake up the darkness.