The Phoenix

The Phoenix

I was born on a dark wave
On a drunken moon
With a lions mane

At a crossroads of fire
Jinxed with riddles
Waiting for a name

Caught upon a crucifix
A grand cross
Falling from my feet

A screaming soul
Flying from heavens gate
Seared in astral heat

Snakes and ravens
Hissed and whispered
'Hes fallen from the stars'

Collapsing 
From the infinite
To be in mothers arms

Hexed and broken
Even before
The gasping breath

Before death was life
Now fallen
Life was death

The jackals murmured
'Get used to this'
Your turn upon the wheel

It creaks and moans
Compounding souls
Crushed under the heal

You wont forget
The time you spent
With those who walked before

In fields of stones
Ancestors bones
Before they closed the door

This cross you bare
Will bare the weight
Of everyone you've known

Will weigh you down
And smash your will
Upon the anvils stone

And broken
You will rise again
The phoenix from the flame

And burn the lie's
That bought you here
Again, again, again

Your wings will sprout
And open wide
Your heart becomes the cup

Of alchemy
And dragons tails
On scales that lift you up

The sorcery
By which your made
Will lift you to your seat

A throne
Of gold and mystery
With worlds beneath your feet

And arms that crushed
The will to live
Now open to the skies

And heavens fire
Descends to earth
And burns within your eyes

Awake, awake
We call your name
Summoned from the pain

So everything
That burns away
Is left with just your name

Now wide awake
The worlds collide
And burst into the sun

Everything
Was made this way
To answer this question

Now riddles rhymned
This games complete
The jackals step aside

Into the light
For which we seek
And for ever will abide