I know my place

But:

I worry if I don't try to drive

even if it means I crash and burn

I will be leaving the embers to burn

to ashes all that remains in this shell

an egg that upon cracking will

float off on a breeze.

Chicks are given beaks so that

they can crack their own shells

from the inside OUT into the world

A self determination that allows

the pheonix to blossom up again stronger

after one more self destruction.

If I do not crash (crack) myself

how can the flare of light come

as I push my beak out of my shell

to take in life anew?