Phoenix

I'm back to the start

I just lost my heart

He will never breathe again

Maybe it would have been love

It surely wasn't a lack thereof

One chance, now it's gone

A single handful of black ash

Life extinguished, as quick as a flash

Why can't I just find happiness?

Memories of a time long past

Now there's no way to make things last

So glad I'm not sentimental

Oh, who am I fooling

I have no way of dueling

This pain blossoming in my chest

I know how much it hurt him

In heart, bone, and limb

At least it was quick

The past has a vengeance

And in the same sentence

He hit the ground hard

She will never be satisfied

Everyone close to her died

There is nothing left to do

I end up in his position

And there is a new addition

To my wardrobe: a 5-pointed badge

But I'm not sentimental

And it's purely coincidental

That the bracelet I wear was his shoelace

I'm back to the start

I just lost my heart

He will never breathe again