The Rise of the Phoenix

You think you know why the caged bird sings
but you only hear the silence pounding in your own head

That isn't my destiny.

It's yours.

- or what you'd like for me to believe -

tell me what you will,
it won't matter
because i've got my own treasure map
that leads me....

where does it go, dear white rabbit?

I'll never tell you.
i'll never tell anyone.

I can't let you follow me.
I can't let you lead.

it's my only moment of pride
my only chance to shine

cover it in shit
and dirt
smear it around so it looks just like you

i'd rather hide amidst the sheep
until the time was right
because you want to define
me as the "fuck up" and "the failure"

but i can't let you.

no, not this time.

shatter whatever hourglasses you will
spread the sands to the wind
like ashes of my decayed and dying psyche

i won't feel it.

and still, i'll rise again
with the knowledge
of a thousand saints
who walked before
on a path lined with broken glass,
shattered mirrors, and dancing marionettes.

Let them dance for me
because i have no strings now.

I dance free.