Double-edged fire forever desires to burn andyearns to lead the lost to hope.Starting with you,beginning with the sun in your veins andalchemy in your identity andthe winds of your heart.Divine design of dualitycreate time-worn pathwaysrevealing all versions of you,morphed into a phoenix &armored in star-kissed faith.Storms formed from your powercrackle further than ever anticipated &feed the rolling thunder in your spineto the souls of those who sing Your gloryfrom river deep to mountain high.Lioness under your flesh anddown your throat, fierce protectress ofthe will and way of woman,You make it clear only a palmful of souls knowhow to be both stronger than the wind andthe sound of saving grace.But You, goddess of ever-burning Rock n’ Roll flame andswift spirit, deserve every inch of softness offered,every point of protection presented,every ounce of justice weighed in Your favor.From one realm to the next, may Your essenceforever sizzle and soar.Because whether You believed or not,despite the world not consistentlyadmitting nor deserving it,You were always the hero we needed.
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About the writer
Willonee Simone. Willonee Simone earned her MFA in Writing at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics of Naropa University. The foundation for her love of writing and literature was paved at an early age and blossomed during her teenage years through the kind of tortured freedom that only the ostracism & funk-weirdness of being an African-American Gemini mystic can grant a person. Her work has been featured in Raven Chronicles, Buddy--A Lit Zine, BEATS Poetry Periodical, Boulder Weekly, Outsider Poetry, SurVision Magazine, Reject Press, Queen Mob's Teahouse, Visitant Magazine, S/tick Magazine, Petrichor Magazine, and work in the forthcoming publication Folklorist with HarperCollins.
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