Like a phoenix rising from the ashes,

So this upcoming Journalist rises from the pit of despair.

Knocked down yet not defeated,

Dusting off my elements of shame.

Finding inspiration from the depths of sadness,

Choosing hope over despair.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

My dreams are altered and not burnt.

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Karen Burns is 49 and lives in Coventry, England. She is a graduate at Warwick after completing a Social Studies degree. Her interests are reading, poetry, writing reviews and she has a blog all about her daughter who has an eating disorder.