Rising From the Ashes

Gopalakrishnan Prakash posted under Tale-a-thlon S4: Poetry on 2024-08-30



Her hard work, firm with determination,

Set all her castles from the air to ground.

She broke through glass, and riches did abound.

The world arose, gave her adulation

She built an empire, spanning all the globe,

With suitors lined to take her willing hand.

But thieves and barons sought to form a band

Was she protected from their prying probe?

 

But then her castle walls were breached one night,

Cruel fate unleashed, horrors took their toll.

Rape, torture, mayhem, a terrible plight

Did seek to break her spirit, strong and whole.

Yet still she rose, a phoenix from the cold

And her unbroken will forev'r did unfold.