“I am not weak...” — this line anchors the whole piece.
Evaluation Notes
Narrated Version
I have burned before.
Not in myth, in daylight.
Ash in my mouth,
hands still open.
I am not weak because I broke.
I am not weak because I stayed.
I am not weak because I loved,
even when love cost me.
The fire did not finish me.
It taught me how to breathe
through smoke,
how to choose the next step
when nothing was left to prove.
I do not rise to impress.
I rise because the morning
asks for work,
and I am still here to do it.
I am not weak because I feel.
I am not weak because I forgive.
I am not weak because I begin again,
quietly, without applause.
Call it phoenix bird if you need a name.
I call it living.
— idivet
Written during my cybersecurity learning journey (Intro to Cybersecurity, Cisco Networking Academy, 93%). Next: CCST. This poem sits beside practical work, not apart from it.
