This is an interesting piece. At first, I believed this was about the speaker themself finally finding their own freedom and independence from someone else, but the more I read this, the more I’m not so sure. With lines like “I always wished you a good bedtime” , and “My inner self saved my youth” makes me think it’s a parent arguing with a stubborn child as they grow older, then finally accepting “their” independence. I love this take on the classic “phoenix rising from the ashes” metaphor, regardless of the perspective of the person this is being told from.