hey, pretty good. i like the images you call forth. one critique: using the word 'rise' twice in the 2nd and 3rd lines is a little repetitive for this short a piece. perhaps just say ' the sun has to eventually come up' or something like that. i think you should leave the word 'rise' in the phoenix line though. otherwise, good stuff. keep writing!

I am suicidally inclined in my writing when I am extremely depressed. That is the only time I can write poetry, and it always rhymes. I like non-rhyming poetry but I don't feel right when I write it myself.
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Hey I like this lots... lol all my stuff doesnt rhymne either dont worry :). I like the last part, that really ended it well.