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
