In Shadow of the Phoenix

@uootem

Arise from the mystical ashes of primal fire,
reticent and mysterious avis of esoteric flight,
encounter the vast firmament of immortality...
and incarnate once again to the world that holds our senses...
and bring forth to our souls the long awaited enlightenment
for such a legendary feat is your forte.

Indulge those who would declare destined authority
and possessive dominion over each prized and refined feather
for they endeavor to ascend on stolen wings...
yet their unmerited flight is as but fleeting as time itself
eventually casting them from their conspicuous vault of heaven.

What foolish and frivolous creatures these misguided mortals are
to make your feathers into myths and fairytales
obliging you to save them from the folly of their hearts.
cursed by their own insufficiency and pride
a harlequin, a lure-- their loss that causes emptiness
for they never risked to reach out and touch
the rapid-beating heart within their souls.

Even now, you could turn back to feel the warmth of silent embers
risking gilded, earthbound cage... borne down by conscience,
with a rush of wings, and anguished mortal cries
abandoned by the gods of their creation
perhaps now they may learn to seek solace in your shadow...
only then can they follow you in soaring above the mundane.

But oh, extraordinary bird of my envisages
grant me at last the spiritual breezes that lift,
and the "knowing" that embraces those that trust you--
It was your spirit alone that gives me the faith to believe.