The Phoenix In Her Heart

She withered like a fallen leaf on an autumn wind    
Yet she was barely out of the summer of her years    
Hopes of survival seemed a distant dream    
She had to pick herself emotionally up off the ground    
Like the fabled phoenix she was fading into the ashes    
But she was determined to rise again, her spirit battled    
She had a life still to live, a legacy to leave behind    
This was not her time to wither away and die    
Though her limbs ached and her body did not feel her own    
She struggled with adversity, she would not be beaten    
Each painful step was a testament to her strength of spirit    
Overcoming the trials and tribulations that life threw her way    
She did not give up or give in, quitting was not an option    
For she was a phoenix and was determined to rise again    
Through each and every struggle she battled on    
For one day soon the phoenix inside her will fly again    
As she triumphs over adversity, she becomes the fire inside her heart…