yes--you got the most out of your 26 words. you got a whole mythology out of them; you got a phoenix. it's simple and lovely. well done!

i like the fact that it's a hopeful poem and yet the subject is dark, for a lack of a better word.

I like it~ the burning motif, and the way you styled the last two lines.

Bravo.

This is beautiful, and I love the title for it. "because there's nothing elseyoucan do to me" is just so defiant and perfect.