Phoenix

Do you remember how to even scream?
You entered this world doing as much,
Sometimes you have to roar to remember your lungs.

So slip the words past the lips
Dismiss the feeling that something's amiss
For we all wish for those we miss.

Stars and moon, grey rocks support my shoes;
Hold me down and through, all that I fear I knew
Might catch me and keep me from what I should do.

So much of me wishes you could hear how elegantly
I can deliver a soliloquy about the state of being me;
Maybe that'll be when you can see the irony.

All my carefully crafted care that I had created
Caved and collapsed consequently, last time I checked.
It's kinda hard to keep recreating myself amid my own chaos.

Feel the fire placed in your throat, don't choke
Just say all the words to keep yourself afloat,
The scars you hold shouldn't matter if they show.

I let the fire burn deep and low,
Spread the ashes and feel their glow,
Sometimes you gotta burn yourself down just to grow.