PHOENIX

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I felt so good to be on stage. I loved dancing with all my heart. It was the one part of my existence that wasn’t miserable, the light in the darkness I’ve lived in for so long. Whenever I danced, it was like I was transported to another dimension where nothing else exists but the music, the way it flowed through me and touched my very soul, and the way the moves flowed out of me so seamlessly. It was the one time where I could forget about my shitty life. It’s why I gave myself the stage name Phoenix. I was allowed to glow and burn as...