Like Phoenix!

People may

Surmount you, 

Enkindle you, 

Affront you, 

Damage you, 

And relinquish you. 

But they 

Cannot, 

Will not, 

And shall not 

Pulverize you. 

For you 

Like Rome,

Was built on ashes.

And you 

Like a Phoenix, 

Know how to resuscitate. 

Remember, 

What do other people think of you, 

Is none of your business.