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.

She walks where the world
turns silver and weightless—
where sky melts into water
and the earth forgets
its own heaviness.

Each step she takes
stirs a quiet miracle,
turning sorrow into shimmer,
turning old storms
into colors that breathe again.

Light gathers at her ankles,
curious,
as if it’s never seen
a woman carry so much truth
with such gentle hands.

She doesn’t force the water
to change—
she invites it,
the way survivors invite hope
only after learning
what it costs to believe.

And the water listens.
It softens.
It becomes a mirror
where her soul can finally blink awake,
unafraid.

Where she moves,
the world remembers
how to dream again—
ripples lifting like whispered prayers,
shifting into colors
that once only lived inside her.

For she is not merely walking—
she is teaching the water
how to rise.

— Samantha Syrnich