Phoenix
Posted by anne duncan on Dec 6th, 2006
2006
Dec 6
the sky is burning
ash is falling
a silent rain
smothering reign
choking rain
ash to the horizon
ashes of was
ashes of is
ashes of might be
a legacy of mutual immolation
a joint conflagration
a foregone conclusion
ice burns as surely
waiting in ash
for a phoenix to rise