anyone that would know the story of your birth

I wish you could call it the, "Phoenix Rising",

how miraculous it was that she even made it through

no one would know the secrets of the umbilical cord, 

what pain is shared and felt

no one would know your birth better than I

It's as if you were cultivating a dragon egg,

but it was tossed around and thrown

scratched and banged 

until I became dull in it's reflection

Who knew that there were possibilities of a mother

to go through the hardships of bearing a child

but also  the hardships of a tumultuous marriage

you would expect heart break to increase 

but in reality,

the little heartbeat within me gave me the strength 

as your heart grew more and more, 

pulsed and pumped every day

i was able to feel my own in the world of ash

now here's what they don't tell you 

it's not easy to rise from the gray

you coughed out a cry from the thick black infiltrating your lungs