Wings of Rebirth

It wasn't the wind that carried her away,
but the silent heartbeat within her,
waiting to awaken when everything broke apart.

It wasn't pain that made her strong,
but what she found beyond it.

The light hidden in her own shadow,
always hers, waiting to rise.

She left behind the skin that held her back.
She let go of the weight of what never was,
and in the stillness, where everything ends,
she felt her wings unfold.

Not to flee,
but to return home.