I am a survivor,
Till the last day I shall fight.
You may push me into the dark,
But I will be my own light.

When you set fire to my soul,
I shall rise from the ashes.
And all your bitter twisted lies,
Will never stop me from touching the blue sky.

I was a glass mirror,
The ones that broke me beware,
Not because the shattered glass shards shall hurt them,
But because these shards shall turn into flowers and lay out a carpet for them.

The days that I thought were the hardest,
Only made me tougher.
When you try and defame me,
Remember I always come back with my blood even redder.

The challenges I faced and looked in the eye,
I did not run away, nor did I sigh.
What doesn’t kill makes you stronger, a wise one once said,
And as long as I persevere, I will come back and leave nothing unsaid.

I shall rise again,
My wings shall spread out,
And I will fly even higher,
Like a phoenix in fire.

About the Poet 

Justina Jibin is a Grade 8 student of GEMS Our Own English High School, Dubai.

She has been writing stories and poems since she was seven. She launched her book ‘My Imaginary world’ when she was nine years old in 2017, at the Sharjah International book fair. She was awarded the youngest author at the Sharjah international book fair 2017-2018. She published her second book titled ‘A cruise to my world’ in 2019. Justina is passionate about reading books. She is also the proud recipient of the Diana Award 2019.