Fire Shadows (The Moth and The Phoenix)

Flickering wings

Make shadows on the wall,

My dancing heart brings………

The flames to make shadows of us all.

Shivering dreams

Make moths of everyone,

My shaking mouth seems………

To tell moths where the light has gone.

Make a phoenix of me now,

My breaking my mind is a liar………

For this heat makes not phoenix but bird- as close as I can allow.

See the ashes and let me rise again,

For this story is far too tragic………

Let the moth burn and be transformed-

Let my flames in many shadows die of the pouring rain.