This poem is about resilience during tough emotional times. It highlights the inner strength that helps us get through difficulties, the humor that comes after surviving, and the truth that we are shaped by what stays within us, not by what breaks us.

It reminds us that even in difficult times, we can rise up, imperfect but strong.

# When Life Burns #

when life burns
don’t rush to escape it

sometimes fire
is just here to teach us,
wearing a loud face

you rise
not perfectly
not clean
but still rising

with ash in your thoughts,
smoke in your breath,
still—you move

and maybe you laugh
not because it’s easy
but because you’ve survived enough
to notice that you did

you are not only what broke
you are what stayed within

what didn’t leave you
when everything else did

so let it burn
if it must

you still remain—
amazing,
with your head held high

(Vijay Verma)
 www.retiredkalam.com

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