Firebird

Firebird

Twisting, turning

My mind is burning

Flames licking at my golden tail

Soot raining down like hail

A fire, the first that I can not penetrate

Heat growing quickly, no escape

My honey-orange wings, black with ash

Flames lick at my feathers, a breakneck-speed lash

Rich, red blood seeping from crimson plume

Walls closing into an already-small room

I fall down in a great heap

Flames flicker, dance, leap

Blindingly hot, they spread across my frame

Turning to ashes my promising name

But out of the ashes, it rises anew:

A different one, through and through

Never brought down by fire or fear

Unafraid to leak a much-needed tear

Promises swirl around her head

Some of them heard, some of them read

A phoenix rises from another’s remains

Clean and new and lacking pain

Another chance to start again

Hurry now, it’s time to begin

Make this chance the one that matters

Make it the one that never shatters

Keep it safe, precious, and morally higher

And it will never crash again in a fire