Samantha Syrnich TLC

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About The Hand Behind The Phoenix Quill— I’ve lived many lives within one — some born of light, some forged in fire. Each left its mark, and in the ashes, I found my voice. The Phoenix Quill was never just a name; it became my heartbeat — a place where pain turned to purpose, and truth was no longer something to survive, but something to share. I am a poet, artist, advocate, and storyteller — guided by a love that refuses to die quietly. Through words and imagery, I tell stories of resilience, of rising when the world says you’ve fallen too far. My work carries pieces of the people and places that shaped me — veterans, children, the voiceless, the forgotten — and the fire that demanded their stories be heard. Every poem, every painting, every creation under The Phoenix Quill is born from that promise: to turn heartbreak into healing, to honor truth even when it burns, and to remind others that they, too, can rise. This is my life’s work — to give voice to the silence, hope to the weary, and beauty to the broken. Welcome to The Phoenix Quill: Words Born of Fire, Inked in Truth. Where ashes become art — and every word remembers how to rise.

by, Samantha Syrnich TLC

I learned to whisper
when I longed to roar,
to swallow storms
so others stayed dry.
A soft touch masking
a soul on fire—
I called it love,
but it was survival.

In rooms too sharp for tears,
I buried my lamb,
tender and trembling,
beneath a mask
of calm compliance.
And the lion?
I chained her,
fearing what freedom
might destroy.

But healing—
true healing—
is not silence.
It is the rising howl
and the sacred cry.
It is standing bare,
both beast and balm,
both tear and teeth.

I am whole now.
I carry the wild and the wounded
in one breath.
And now,
when I speak—
the world listens,
because I finally do.