✍🏾💭The Pheonix Crown 🥹💜
I rise with the sun, gold kissed and vast,
No longer running from my past.
Every scar, every lesson, every road I crossed, Taught me the value of what wasn’t lost.
They saw the ashes, the smoke, the flame, But I emerged stronger, never the same. A daughter of rhythm, of roots grown deep, Carrying the dreams my ancestors keep.
My Afro blooms like a crown in the sky,
Reaching for heavens that told me “why.” Coiled with stories, power, and grace, A universe resting upon my face.
What they called hair, I came to know as a halo, A crown of resilience wherever I go.
I used to hide from the girl I knew,
The dark-skinned child still fighting through. But now I embrace every shade of me, Every branch of my ancestral tree.
For I am the fire and I am the spark,
A constellation glowing through the dark. Black as the soil where greatness grows, Soft as a flower, fierce as a rose.
The flames did not break me , they showed my worth, Burned away fear and gave rebirth. Now every setback becomes my fuel, Every wound another precious jewel.
So I rise, i soar, i stand,
With the strength of generations in my hands .. My Afro lifted high, my spirit free,
A phoenix becoming all she’s meant to be .. 🐦🔥
~ Venettia ✨