Born again

Let´s be clear about this:

It isn´t the same as being sick

and getting better. It isn´t

changing your mind at the last minute

or pushing away from the brink.

The only way to be born again

is to die. The Phoenix doesn´t just

go up in a blaze of glory. It

feels the fire lick up and sizzle

every feather, until each quill becomes

a column of flame carried straight to the core.

Lynn Ungar