You brought me into the world but you did not create me.
I have only gotten older but my vision has cleared
I am no longer blinded to you
and have removed the rose-tinted spectacles.
You learn to walk taking steps to arms as a baby.
Bu you taught me to run by not being there to catch me.
You gave me a steep learning curve
Now I'm stronger by taking treatment I didn't deserve.
As Mr West said "Everything I'm not makes me everything I am!"
But if I was West you were always East living the life like wham!
And you didn't even wake me up before you left to go.
Beyond anger but not beyond comprehension
I'm flying high and yet solo did i fail to mention.
I have the capactiy to do what I need as a visionary
I guess I could be called G or X as I'll do it by any means necessary.
To me everything is now possible and all is attainable,
through application now in life I'm unstoppable.
You may have burnt me enough for ash to be my constitution,
liberated risen out of the flame real not fabrication.
I don't think I owe you anything past fam
but in an ironic sense you helped me to realise Everything I Am
This piece is aptly titled.
ReplyDeletePhoenix: a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years.
You brought me into the world but you did not create me//I have only gotten older but my vision has cleared...But you taught me to run by not being there to catch me...But if I was West you were always East living the life like wham!//And you didn't even wake me up before you left to go.
Where you come from doesn't have to be what you are
Even though it's others that may give you a push start
Sometimes into fire: it hurts to burn.
But sometimes that's what you need to be new.
And even though you feel left behind
Like everything is happening without you
This can make you stronger, no longer dependent on others.
It seems funny to say thanks
But you owe a lot to them
Everything in this piece emanates a strong yet lonely phoenix, flying solo.
Thank you.
Awsome!! Love the emotion you've shown!
ReplyDeleteGood structure.
ReplyDeleteI like the style, the flow, and it makes you think to understand it, which is what a poem should do.
Good use of metaphor and imagery.
Nothing to improve on this one.