To have begun so frail and broken,
Facing more challenges so young,
More than an adult ever should,
To have conquered the odds,
And grown strong from it,
In spite of the pain,
To have overcome the ridicule and abuse,
The fear of the blade and the pills,
And set right an injustice.
Someone lesser may have fallen,
Given up or died.
Like a phoenix,
You have risen above it all
To become so beautiful,
With more love and talent
In a cell than most of us
As a whole,
You share it and inspire all you know.
It is time to spread your wings,
And emerge from the flames
Once more…

- L.C. 2008