Theseus’ Paradox

I've been born from a blaze and to ash i shall return

but do not recall that which I was before

I do not know if i am a Holy Light or Hellish Inferno

I do not know if i am young or if i am old

They gaze upon my beauty, yet do not know the pain of my discoveries

I was here before you saw me burn

and i will be here after you've been consumed in a blaze

that which I ignite, or that which the Phoenix i was before did