Ashes to Light

Born beneath a mother’s gaze

Where love was twisted, cold malaise

Her words were weapons, sweetly spun

A war was waged, though never won

She ran from chains and found new pain

A man whose fists fell like rain

Each dawn she woke with silent cries

But from that storm, she learned to rise

Then came charm with honeyed lies

A cheating heart in lover’s guise

She left him broken, left with grace

No longer bound to false embrace

Another came with bottle near

He drowned his love in shame and beer

She left again, a mother grown

A lion fierce, a force her own

Believed she found her promised peace

But monsters hide in golden fleece

His words cut deep, his truth was thin

He loved her not, but loved his sin

She tried once more, her faith intact

But pain returned, the same old act

Until at last, her tears ran dry

And strength took root where hope once died

Friends appeared when skies were fair

But vanished when she needed care

She learned that love, both rare and true

Is proved by what the heart will do

Now from the ashes, she’s reborn

No longer lost, no more forlorn

Her heart a phoenix, fierce and bright

She fills her world with her own light

Those who hurt her fade away

She walks in peace, her dawn, her day

And somewhere soft, the stars align

A gentle spark begins to shine

Not promised, rushed, or wrapped in need

But something quiet takes the lead

The kind of warmth that doesn’t claim

It simply stays, and speaks her name

For love must lift, not wound or chain

And she will never rise again.