Introspection

Phoenix

It starts at the heart

Blazes through every part

Singing its fury through my veins

Like a thousand wild horses, let loose

My organs like molten wax

So sated, it harks

The chaotic rampage inside

And emerges out, sparked fuse

Burning bosom and feathers like ash

Fiery tails with flames that lash

And at length, wings set afire

My body gives way to the light I choose

The heavenly fire dies as I fade

Driven through its sanctifying blade

Yet again I rise, born from ash

A legend to others, for me, a ruse

For the journey from flames to embers

Purifies and resurrects as we slumber

With our body washed in the pyre

And our soul's rebirth in another shire.