Prometheus and Phoenix is a poem written by Ms. Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein and shared with The Ugly Writers with the theme Recovery for the month of March.
Prometheus and Phoenix
Phoenix by Evolvana
Each night like Prometheus
Eaten by an eagle
And grow back overnight.
Only to be eaten again.
The next day
In an ongoing cycle.
The trials and tribunals
of life.
A long day’s journey starts
for the night.
Again, to be eaten.
Yet, rise all alone at night.
Prepare for the next day.
Not waiting for the saviour like Hercules
to release from this
Imprisonment and torture.
As I am like a Phoenix
I burned and turned into ashes
Again, and again.
Yet, I rise, I reborn and I recover.
I am my strength.
I die again and again.
Only to be reborn and rejuvenate.
With the hope of a new journey.
- The Poem is dedicated to a friend who has towering courage to overcome all the hinders and barriers of life and has been a beacon of inspiration to me.
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Thank you so much. All the best wishes to those who are feeling down. There is no shame in it. We all go through it. Some admit, some don’t.