Here I am reproducing an unpublished poem written by a girl :
"Flight of the phoenix
Like a phoenix I shall rise from ashes
Soar high like an eagle and touch the skies
Battered I might have been but defeated I am not
Treated like a burden I might have been but burdened I am not
My birth wasn’t rejoiced but my life is going to be a celebration
I will be hailed not by one but the whole generation
All the heads that had hung low under the burden of a girl child
Shall find in me their lost tranquility and forgotten pride
Despite all my flaws they showed me, I shall find love
For my hurt ego, bruised heart and the dreams I was deprived of.
I will make a place for myself, in the world that denies
If shoved again, I will make a world of my own better than their paradise
With my glory I shall dazzle those who ridiculed me
Punished me, belittled me and made me feel small
Every time I took a step ahead there they stood
In front of me raising a big dark wall
But I never gave in, never gave up
Little by little, step by step I scaled each brick and grew tall.
Like a phoenix I have risen from ashes
Like an Eagle I soar"
Don’t dare to stop me,
for I am at war.
"Flight of the phoenix
Like a phoenix I shall rise from ashes
Soar high like an eagle and touch the skies
Battered I might have been but defeated I am not
Treated like a burden I might have been but burdened I am not
My birth wasn’t rejoiced but my life is going to be a celebration
I will be hailed not by one but the whole generation
All the heads that had hung low under the burden of a girl child
Shall find in me their lost tranquility and forgotten pride
Despite all my flaws they showed me, I shall find love
For my hurt ego, bruised heart and the dreams I was deprived of.
I will make a place for myself, in the world that denies
If shoved again, I will make a world of my own better than their paradise
With my glory I shall dazzle those who ridiculed me
Punished me, belittled me and made me feel small
Every time I took a step ahead there they stood
In front of me raising a big dark wall
But I never gave in, never gave up
Little by little, step by step I scaled each brick and grew tall.
Like a phoenix I have risen from ashes
Like an Eagle I soar"
Don’t dare to stop me,
for I am at war.