The Black Phoenix

A dove among the flames.
Not aware of the danger,
Laying quiet in the blackness below.

A leap out of the nest,
Delivered into the darkness.
Ambushed from every side,
No life line back.

Pure, white, innocent, fragile.
Consumed by the flames.
Destroyed by the danger,
Laying quiet in the blackness below.

No return to the nest,
Deliverance in the darkness.
The scars reveal,
The only way back.

Reborn black, hardened, strong.
Emerging from the flames.
Destroys the danger.
Resurrected from the blackness below.

He spreads his wings,
Bursting out of the darkness.
The Black Phoenix rises,
From the bitter ashes below.