Arise Pheonix Poem by Brian (Yaotzu) Bungcayao

Stay alive
The light dims
But the flames still burns
And that is all that is needed
To allow the phoenix to rise.
If I could look into your eyes
You could see that I cry the same tears you do
And many more
But my tears extinguishes nothing.
My fire shines bright
Beneath the shadows of my flesh.
Harboring darkness in the eyes of others
Yet rekindling the flame of hearts
Holding on to nothing but smolder.
Speak your sorrows to slumber
But do not extinguish the flame
For my warm embrace may still awaken the embers left within.