Why Phoenix?

March 2002 my life change. I would like to say for the better but the jury is still out on that. I was in a serious relationship that ended. I'll spare you all the details. In any event, with heartbreak comes much to get off your chest. So yes I had much to say.

I have alway written poetry and stuff since college, but I never took my liking of it seriously until the BREAKUP. I always thought I was somewhat creative and had a desire to "write" . In college only a few people knew I wrote poetry but I never really shared any of it. I was too shy to share that part of me and afraid that people wouldn't like it. Well that all changed. I felt I had gone through a change a metamorphosis, if you will. It was like the old me had died and a new and improved me was reborn. Now don't get it twisted, this change didn't happen over night. I'm still in the process of change, but you can believe I'm different now.

It's funny how some people can see you clearly before you can see yourself. A dear friend wrote me a note upon my arrival back to NY. It went something like this, "Do you know the significance you who you are? You are much like the Phoenix, a butterfly, the ugly duckling. There is a rebirth. A metamorphosis from one stage to another. One that is beautiful and fulfilling." Thanks DW - I love you.

That note is on my refrigerator. It reminds me everyday of who I am and all that will become. Adversity has made me reevaluate and rediscover myself. So that is why when I write I use Phoenix as my pen name.