Phoenix Dying

Like a phoenix I will rise

At the moment

The burning has begun

It's painful and terrible

But I remember I am the phoenix.

As the flames consume me

I cry, I scream, I struggle

I weep, I hurt and I break

I die, I'm dead.

But a small part of me

That will not go

That keeps fighting when I want

To give up everything

Close my eyes forever on this life

Remembers,

That I am the phoenix

I cannot die completely.

I will rise

But for now, the flames

And the burning and the pain

Must contine

It is the only way it can happen.