Return to Life

She was a phoenix, a gorgeous gem

That sparkled in the sun, the lovely Rem.

The way she walked, the blue world swayed

My soul and heart, they swaggered and dazed.

But there was a darkness that came

And it lingered like the lust of fame.

She was caught in a turbulent storm

Lost, fragmented, into a gray form.

The days were long and black for her

And they passed like a low, slow murmur.

What was I to do, with her light gone

Other than mourn and grieve, into an endless eon?

My tears came, hard and strong

Without stop into a mournful song.

How was my heart to ever return

In the dark red sunset as my world burned?

And then, as all hope was draining from me

She came back, as does a lock and key.

She was very different now, like night and day

Scarred and hollow, a wingless fay.

Then she smiled, and my life felt warm

Just like in the days of old, in the turquoise morns.

We held and touched hands, taking the days in stride

Across the gold-specked sands, into the days of summer-tide.

For now, this is how our story ends

But like the curves of a crashing river, we will return again.