For ten thousand lifetimes

I tried and applied

To all under the sun:

Cloud

Water

Earth

Metal

Air

Flame

Yet it is the last that endures,

Though not in a recognisable phase.

I’m crowned by the sun,

Even as clouds conspire,

Oceans twirl,

Cold bites.

I have had many loses,

But not anymore,

Not as the heat consumes,

The light scars the clouds.

I’m power,

I’m immense,

I’m a star of my own consequence.

My anger clears my mind,

Does away with the trivial

And respite.

Wings unfolded,

The phoenix rises.