Phoenix

Phoenix

When you left
Drew a dagger out
To leave behind, my jagged breath
Carried away our songs
To leave a hard lump in my throat
Took away all warmth
To leave my heart cold, frozen
Butterflies in my stomach followed you
Leaving a never ending void
Barren, breathless, cold, leaden

Yet from this emptiness
I will wring out the last drops
Of laughter, life, love
Rise again
Blaze into being
Ever the Phoenix

--shubha