Ex Favilla - A Poem

by Joseph WildeHopps

This is a poem I wrote inspired by the writing of my Zootopia fanfiction "Out of Ashes", and the song "Ashes" by Celine Dion.

Though the fires burn around me,

Though the smoke obscures my eyes,

Still will I look up to Heaven-

Out of ashes, I will rise.

When the thunder roars above me,

Lightning rends and splits the skies,

When the current drags me under-

Even then, will I arise.

As the trees all shed their embers,

The leaf is silent as it dies,

I scream in rage, but still I know that

Out of ashes, I will rise.

When the earth is split beneath me

And I raise my mournful cries,

When the darkness blots the sun out—

From the dust I shall arise.

Though the monster claws within me,

Though the Devil whispers lies,

Though my soul is burned in fire—

Out of ashes, I will rise.

Though an army march against me

And no one stands there by my side

When tears flow from my eyes like rivers—

From those tears shall I arise.

I will not submit to darkness,

I will not believe their lies;

Higher, further, brighter, stronger-

Out of ashes I will rise.