Blazing golden, red-
as if on fire,
consumed by flames
Its fierce eyes glint.
Majestic, all powerful
The phoenix from heavens,
soaring the the night sky
as the world succumbs to death,
humanity sickening.
A haunting melody
piercing the heart-
evoking courage, fear.
Its eyes welled up
Does it cry from pity
or concern?
As the tears fall on earth,
stained with human filth
Can they heal the mortals
dying of disease,
suffering from greed, hate
and reverse the wrongs?
The phoenix
Its tail a flame
Is it the sign
of the end of time
or a new beginning?
As hope struggles to survive
against the evils that plague
and the misery that drowns
Will we live to see the dawn?
Just as the phoenix will be born again
Surely hope will live on forever
from ashes
from naught.
Zaynab
12 July 2020
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