A New Person From the Ashes

I am pumping new blood in my veins. I grow new skin and bones.
I have a new smile and a walk that makes people turn their heads
When I walk by. I used to be at rock bottom surrounded by stones

And ash, but like a phoenix I rise up with the fire. With the threads
And stitches I pull myself tighter like shoelace strings. Bullshit and
Those scars never faze me anymore because even as it all spreads

Out like spider webs I have gone through way worse. I understand
All the pain because I had to lick my own wounds, but I am coming
Home to where the war was over. You are safe. Even when the sand

Had me buried 10,000 feet deep underground and I was becoming
My worst enemy. I turned myself away from the people who I cared
About the most. I am sorry for the burnt bridges, but I am drumming

To my own beat, shedding my old skin as I go. I was no longer scared
Of the strong woman I was evolving into after being reborn again into
A new life and another chance. I have made amends and I am prepared.