though life is tough


like a phoenix rising from the ashes
blue embers shall light the sky
appears not darkness to fill my days
in moments, time too, shall pass me by


shield high
braces lit
stance's strong
my swords' buffed
bring it on
though life is tough
like this dying bird
i'll rise up!


Phoenix Rising
2010.10.09

PASSING TIME

by Maya Angelou

Your skin like
dawn

Mine like musk
One paints the
beginning

of a certain end.
The other,

the end of a sure beginning.