What is a monster?

A monster is a result of the hurt that people have done to it.

Tears stream down my face as I burn them with my words.

Monster! They cry.

The flames engulf me and smolder all that I love.

But it doesn't matter.

They burn too.

When the smoke fades away, I am sitting on a pile of ashes.

The ashes of what I used to have.

The ashes of what they took from me.

What am I now?

A small and weak baby phoenix, reborn from the flames.

One day, I will fight back.

And call them monster too.