The Phoenix (working title)

I set a fire in my belly,

where all my expectations have come to rest. 

Swallowed like stones,

too large or too heavy to drag from the depths of me.

I needed to know if the flame would

burn my soul down around me, 

shatter my matchstick bones,

climb the ladder of my spine and engulf

me whole. 

The biggest expectation of all

was to become

the Phoenix.