Phoenix's Song

By charchar4lyfe

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"For Absol Master's fanfic challenge"

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Drawing back my bowstring

Releasing with a twang

Reload is automatic

Eyes focused perfectly

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My concentration scattered

By luck the arrow hits

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Its echo vibrating,

the sound widening

into mines of unlighted depths.

Man-made perfection moused.

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Gold glimmers quietly

Deep in festering flesh

To think that all you need is teeth

For Zakum's stupid quest

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A fire mage approaches

Poisonous mist spreads everywhere

An amateur surely

But wat ev, I don't care

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In the corner of my eye

I spy the mage rushing forward

I dive also

Summoning my phoenix, aiming toward-

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-the talisman I'd dropped

memento, photo, locket

A tangible piece of my heart

That the fire mage seeked to pocket

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Angry cries

What's what

What's mine

Depair setting in

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Trinket opened

Photo flashing in his eyes

Of my dear younger sister

Pictured as if she were alive

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Meaning cluttering in

the empty bubblehead

I tell my story

My secret unfolds

A tale of fiery love

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Too early was the time

For travelers departee

Young sister met unfortunate death

At tender level three

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I abandoned life of wonders

For a search of revitality

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Rebelling against nature

I sought art of phoenix taming

Which the fire mage was goggling at

I thought, "With dazed stupidity"

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Doubting my self

My route

My path

Wishing all would disappear

Fade away as his sister had

As much as I preferred her here

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Fire mage just cocked his head

Listening carefully

"Why not combine my magic fire

with your magic bird?"

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As ridiculous as it seemed

Burden shared

Both to bear

We tried

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Scraping the bowl of long experience

Delving into the richness of novelty

Plans come forth

Mind-boggling rainbows

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"We now look for a worker of life!"

He grabs my arm

I follow

A child

Reborn in new experience

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We're out to forest greenery

Away from biting cold

Our feet tread soft new earth

To breathe a cup of fresh air

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The bishop states his case

Revival is not won

Through magic, sorcery, power

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The instrument is ticking

Your will will be done

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Young sister lives on

Young for evermore

In still waters fathomless

Bottomless is my love

For the world I've rediscovered

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Author's Notes: Has no idea how to separate the lines