Everborn
Written by Janice Peregrina
Artwork: “Save Yourself” by Reid Elizabeth
Inside every sacred soul
Lies an enrapturing phoenix in repose
Her crumbling wings enfold upon themselves
Hiding from the world
The ashen bird sits just below the heart
Draping her languishing form atop your lowermost ribs
To rouse this phoenix is a quest
As mysterious as the creature it is for
The boldest actions taken in waking life
Where body and mind yield to rapid, rising change
And enchanting dreams take physical forms
Are that which wake the resting giant within
The acceptance of a grand adventure
Lets the heart leap forward
The phoenix will raise her head from beneath smoldering wings
Alerted by the high vibrations of your life force
She will yawn away old energies
Open maw releasing
Rays of impossible golden light
That streak through your solar plexus
Then, with effortless grace
She will launch herself upward, quick as lightning
Sprays of sparks crackling from her wingtips
New flames licking away disseminating feathers
As she ascends
A defiant twinkle glitters in her onyx eyes
Before you have time to second guess
She makes a beeline for your brain
From seeing the forest for the trees
To launching forward
Wings spread open
Toward dynamic seas
Your phoenix finds her sunny splendor
Within those beautiful tomorrows
Feed her well.
