Phoenix Butterfly

The creaking of rolling wheels on broken roads
Watching the softness of the ashes disappear
Emergence of a warrior in its smallest form 
Blurring the lines of the greens, browns and blues

Emergence of a warrior in its smallest form
Catapulting strength and hope into the earth
Remembrance of what was joyous sounds
Trailing in the fiery passion of change 

Remembrance of what joyous sounds 
Brushed by the essence of a world unknown
Shifting the earth with the palms of his hands
Hearing the creaking of rolling wheels on broken roads

Hillary Woodall Franks is a rising poet from Mississippi who challenges herself by reaching outside of the box to make her poems come to life. In her poems, you’ll feel the grace of a butterfly and the fire of a phoenix. Allow her poems to take you to a place where thoughts are just as existent and lively as our own bodies.