Your eyes have seen much suffering <br />Oh Lady of The Dawn, <br />But as you've travelled down the years <br />You've built afresh your morn. <br />Courage it takes many forms, <br />It's virtues to bestow. <br />Our fortune turns, then turns again, <br />We rise to high from low. <br />As you've traversed the hardest paths, <br />You've held your hand to others. <br />What greater gift from suffering comes <br />Than to liberate sisters and brothers. <br />So out of all your trauma, <br />The Phoenix rises new, <br />And the world, it dawns a better place <br />From having known, just you.<br /><br />Rosi Caswell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lady-of-the-dawn/
