They Call Her Phoenix

Response to Prompt 41: Side by Side

A found poem mash up of "And Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou and "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera

They Call Her Phoenix

Suddenly, it's hard to breathe into 

a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

So consumed in all your doom, 

you may shoot me with your words,

trying hard to fill your emptiness.

Isn't that the way it is.

Now and then I get insecure

Shoulders falling down like teardrops,

Does it come as a surprise?

It's hard to breathe from all the pain

no matter what we do

I'm so ashamed.

Just like hopes springing high,

I am beautiful and I will rise.

Welling and swelling leaping and wide,

Words can't bring me down

Just like moons and like suns,

I am beautiful.

And I will rise.