I found it unfair
I had to sleep in a bed of ashes
Until I emerged like a phoenix
With fire in my veins
I am a survivor, not a victim
Standing before the masses
Hurt but still unbroken
Bearer of the flame
Tanya Mills is a 50-year-old author from Ontario, Canada. Although she has been writing her whole life, her first poetry book, Unbroken, was not published until she was 45 years old. Her second book, Worthless: Poems Of Sadness and Reflection, is available at Amazon. She has also written Carter Marches In The Pride Parade and the haunting Family Scrapbook: One Family's Journey Through Time.
Don't look at me Don't break me This ghost of a person You will grow to hate me Disappear from my life Stab me with your knife And...
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