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Phoenix Speaks

October 11, 2022

Phoenix Speaks

By Amba Gale

I look
           up
     up
up
to the sky
as Phoenix rose
away
from the clouds,
said, simply,
“I am free.

Follow me, if you will.

Here is a hint for the good life:

Be generous.
Give yourself the gift of forgiveness.

Let go of your righteousness, and resentment and get free.

Once free, declare your own future.

Do not let
        the reasonableness and agreement and dis-ease of the day
        deter you
        from creating a life of joy.

Just
let yourself fly,
fly far
from the ashes of your last life of yesterday.

Carry with you
only
that which protects
like a healing,
and a wholeness: your own song of joy.

Rise,
untethered,
from
your
own
latest
breath,
Rise,
untethered,
from
your
own
latest
death.

Live a life worth living.

You, and only you,
can give
this life to yourself.”

And, with that, the clouds broke apart
The words remained, deep in my heart.

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