Daring the Phoenix

Daring is the phoenix
who bravely lifts herself from the smoky ash
 
She spreads her scarlet gold wings
of reborn feathers
 
To touch the balmy kiss
 of the climbing sun
 
She soars above earth
drifting on cloud dust and air stream
 
And drinks in the glory
of floating and flying free
 
She leaves behind a scorched sea
where a sad heart ignited her destruction
 
Flying forward toward a new horizon
with the promise of every tomorrow
 
One blazing sunset, struggling to soar
under the weight of new heartache
 
She returns to the same fiery lake to
erupt once more into crimson and tangerine flames
 
She burns to embers, leaves nothing behind
but a pile of silken, ebony soot in her wake
 
Then, come morning, the sun lazily ascends,
tender rays rippling across the water’s skin
 
And because Daring the phoenix
is brave, fierce, determined, confident,
 
Passionate, powerful, and strong
She hoists herself into daybreak on ruby wings
 
And ascends to a fresh dawn.