Poem: The Phoenix

I recently found a poem I wrote back in 2015/2016. Felt like it fit with the theme of life lessons and growing into a better person every day, so I decided to dedicate a whole post to it. Enjoy 🙂

The Phoenix

The bird lifted itself into the air. Its wings flapped, but nobody knew to where. Its gentle manner took away at last, And the journey was long, but it travelled fast.

The flight found a new meaning, Only to find it as a new beginning. The travel, although harder is endured, Any problems along the way cured.

Once again in the flames the bird goes, Ending a successful adventure as it glows. Then out of its very own ashes, Reborn it rises and to another journey it dashes.

Here’s a brief description of how my teenage self described the meaning of this poem:

“I chose to write a poem about the phoenix. This special bird symbolizes imagination, flying, and taking a unique course. As a person’s imagination generates ideas, a phoenix is born. The idea will carry the strong bird far, and as the idea fades, the bird slowly dies. However, another idea rises through the remains of its prior, and the phoenix is reborn from its own ashes. Thus, an ideal of eternity in one’s imagination is formed. As the bird lives on forever through its ashes, imagination allows an idea to be eternally enhanced and shaped.”

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