Thinking
Through memories
Looking for a chance at
Finding one you can still see
Seeing one that will make you
Smile
Looking out to the sky
Ember lies on the grass
Watching the sun disappear
Beneath the horizon
Saddened by its departure
For the sun gives her strength
Walking back home
She recalls a story her mother told
Of the great firebird and his love
Intriguing by this fact
That a woman this lovely
Would never marry
Never bear a child
Never ever
Erimentha was her name
Named after an archangel
Her grace and black silky hair
Flowing through the wind
Her voice so sweet like a
Song of a mermaid
Erimentha was the girl
That all suitors had no time for
For every single one was denied her hand
All twenty-four of them
One day walking along the beach
Her hair flowing in the wind
The waves crashing at her feet
Something caught her sight
Near the shore a young person lays
Still
Silent
Motionless
Erimentha walked towards him with caution
In fear he might strike
Who is he? Where did he come from?
Is he an enemy? Is he a spy?
Is he a wizard? Or is he a criminal?
Who is this man?
She kept asking herself
As she took him away from the sea
With all her strength, she held him and helped him
Back at her home, cleaning his wounds he awoke
Startling Erimentha
The man looked into her eyes
Entranced by her stunning beauty
Erimentha stared back at him
With eyes that seem to gleam
Am I alive? he asked her
Did I die? Where am I? Who are you?
Erimentha smiled sweetly
You’re alive and well she said
Your cuts and bruises will heal quickly
You are safe within these walls of my home
And my name
My name is Erimentha
The man nodded to her
Aidan is my name
I was hunted and shot
I swam as fast as I could
But the more I stayed in the water
The weaker I became
Erimentha looked at him
Don’t you worry
You will be safe here
That night when the sun went down
Erimentha went towards the cliff to look at the sun
Suddenly a flame flew across her head into the horizon
Looking on she wondered what that streak of flame was
She went back to the house and went to check on Aidan
Missing from his bed Erimentha panicked and searched
But no luck
He was nowhere to be found
Breaking dawn, Erimentha went to shore when she saw the flame coming back
She hid behind a rock as the flame lowered onto the beach
It was a beautiful phoenix that shined its wings in the air
Slowly it turned into a shape of a human
Erimentha looked in shock as the phoenix turned back into a man
Aidan
The next few days and nights
Erimentha kept what she saw
She went to the beach everyday and night to see
To see him leave and return
A month goes by with Erimentha’s knowledge hidden
One day she made a stir upon his return that caught her
Aidan widened his eyes waiting for her reaction
He turned to go when he was stopped by a soothing voice
I know what you are
But it doesn’t frighten me
Nor does it disturbs me
It’s no horror to my train of thought
Knowing a phoenix is a wonderful creature
And would never hurt anyone
You’re the one who understands he replied
Many fear me for I can kill with fire
But you are different
You don’t hunt me down and try to eliminate me
You try and heal me
Grateful I am to you Erimentha
I must go for hunters will find me
Stay with me she said back to him
Here it’s a lonely island
Where no hunter dared to disturb
They will not come here to stir the
Tranquilized peace of this island
Here you will be safe
Here you will be cared
Aidan smiled with relief and hope
For two years Aidan has lived with Erimentha
Being taught how to live like a mortal
Then finally Aidan went to Erimentha
In the gardens of Beleth
Asked for her hand
For I have falling for you he said
You are the sun that strengthens me
And I will go weak with ache if you cannot be
A tear fell from Erimentha’s face
I will be honored to be your wife
For I have falling for you as well
Your face brightens even the darkest of days
Marriage came followed by the birth of a baby girl
Her eyes sparkled as the little girl cooed and smiled
Upon her parents
The little girl’s eyes were reddish like the eye of the phoenix
A strange color for a human
But she was only part
When the tot was just two years
Her father journeyed across the land in search of a new home
In the form of the phoenix he traveled to find serenity
Little did he know a son of a hunter was lurking nearby
Holding his rifle to his chest
This is the one he said to himself
The one my father and his father before him has never caught
Aiming his rifle at the sky
The shots rang like a pop of
A hot air balloon
Startled, Aidan started to fly back home
Shots continued to fire
Aidan let out a bird’s cry as a bullet of the son
Pierced his wing
Another shot rang out and pierced his body
He flew weakly still towards his home
He saw the shore and went down
Exhausted from weakness
Erimentha saw the crash and ran outside to the beach
There laid her husband
Wounded and broken
I can heal you she cried
I did it before I can heal you
Not this time my love he responded
For I am far along the path of death to be brought back
My only option is to continue following it to the end
Tears of grief poured down Erimentha’s face and sobbed
As her husband continued walking on the path of death
Erimentha held his body to her
Grieving the loss
Then a bright light surrounded him and flames began to emerge
Frightened, Erimentha jumped back against a rock
As his body was engulfed in flames
All there was left on the shore was the ashes of Aidan
It began to stir and a little cry was heard
Erimentha walked to the ashes and saw a little baby bird
Fussing and crying in a pile of ashes
Picking up the baby she smiled
I will protect you
For when you grow older you will be free
A few years later Aidan was old enough to be human
Erimentha and her daughter stood on the shore as she let him go
Holding the daughter in her arms she waved
Bye-Bye birdie the little girl whispered
To this day the descendants of Erimentha and Aidan
Still wander the planet
It is said that the descendants of the loving couple
Look human
But a descendant who can be a phoenix
Has red eyes
Ember knew the story too well
What her mother had told her
She thought the story was very wonderful
And also very true
She would always go to sleep
And then wake up with the sun peaked over the horizon
She ran to the shore as the sun was risen
She smiled as her red eyes gleamed with the suns rays
She walks with grace and serenity
Her smile and laugh brightens even
The darkest of times
Her face sticks to the mind of all who see her
She has wings that only I could see
Her once black hair is whitened with wisdom
The flowing dresses she wears
Has the flowers wrapped around her
The way she called me Gigi
The way I called her Nana
The way she said I love you
And the way I said it back
We would laugh and smile
Listen and sing
The way I sing is nothing compared
To her angel’s voice
One day she fought the deadly earth
All its unforgiving plagues
We cannot defeat them
Even she couldn’t conquer the plagues
After long years of battling plagues
She stood by me
Frail and weak
Pale and cold
Then she disappeared from my side
She was no longer with me
Her time was done
My safe guard was shattered
As I see her
Lie in peace and silence
I feel like I lost everything
So I can’t move on
Then I realize that she isn’t gone
She’s still with me watching me
Though I can’t see her she’s there
She somehow lives in me
Cause I can feel that she’s there
My voice is her voice
My skills are her skills
My life is her life
We are one
She’s with me now
My guardian angel
She looks and smiles proudly
And I say
She’s my amazing grace
No body sees me
The way I am
No body knows
What I had to go through
I've been through tears of sadness
Hatred Lies and Deceit
And the things that were done
And the things that were said
I've been through pain
Through rage and death
The things that occured
Cannot be spoken
All the times I've wanted to die
And the times I wanted to kill
Have not yet been done
And never will be
The things that occured
The events that took place
Were so horrid and painful
That no human could bear it
But I've been through all of it
I am not going to die
Many of them would do it
But I'm still here
I feel no sadness
I feel no pain
I can only feel anger
And that's a real shame
I cannot cry
I cannot speak
I feel so small
So small and weak
My life is changing
And I don't care
Cause this is even more
That I can bear
I feel no love
And thats my fate
Cause my only feelings are
Anger and Hate
I hide in a cave
In the darkness I wait
For what will become
Of my unfortunate fate
In the Darkness I starve
In the cave I loathe
I'm dying tonight
Will I ever love
I left my lovers
I left my home
There's nothing left for me
I'm always alone
I cannot leave
My anger keeps me here
I cannot leave
For my hate is still near
I hear my family calling
I wish I could answer
For all I know
My parents are with them
They walk away
I try to call
They dissapear form sight
And that is all
Then I realized
My fate is my own
Now their gone
I'm all alone
Twenty-five years of marriage
But it wasn't enough
Because now
Life is rough
My Heart is broken
I'm drowning in tears
I want to wish away
all my fears
I don't want to live like this
Full of anger and Hatred
I don't want to live like this
My parents seperated
Those happy years are gone
The years to come are going to worse
And I have to live
With this dreadful curse
There is no emotion
To express how I feel
There is no emotion
Nothing left in me
I don't cry
Cause I used up all my tears
I don't hate
Cause I feel no pain
I don't laugh
What's there to laugh about
I don't cheer
What's there to be cheerful about
I'm not afraid
Cause my fears are going to come somehow
I'm not closed
Cause I've hidden long enough
There is no emotion
To express how I feel
There is no emotion
But Hope left in me
I know what's in store for me
I know of my future
I see it in my own eyes
And also in my mind
My future is dark
Full of sadness and rage
The future is seen
That I will never be the same
The vision I see
Is so horrid but true
My fate is set
And will not change
I will not fufill my dream
That I've dreamt for so long
My world will perish before me
And my heart will burn into ashes
There is a place
That I keep secret
The place I hide in
The place in the darkness
The darkness makes me feel
All the things I want to feel
The things want to do
And the things I regret
In the darkness I can loathe
I can cry and hate
In the darkness I can yearn
Yearn for Revenge
In the darkness I can kill
I can torture and get revenge
On the people that hurt me
That made my anger
In the darkness I can feel rage
Murderous and numb
In the darkness I can get away with it
Cause they are my enemies
The darkness makes me feel complete now
Of the things I did
Now I have had my vengenance
And everyone is dead
To me now the darknees is soothing
So silent and serene
I'm glad I got rid of the evil
Or this never would have been
It's serene cause it's peaceful
It is silent cause Everyone is gone
And now the time comes
For the thing I regret
I regret the murder
My rage and thirst for revenge
Now everyone is gone
And I am all alone
There's no one with me now
All alone lying in th darkness
No one wants to be with me
Cause they think I'm nothing
When I say hello
They just ignore me
They dopn't even turn
To even look at me
I hear them talking about me
They snicker and laugh
Then they see me looking at them
And their smiles fade
When I want to hang out
They make an excuse
But I don't believe them
Not one of their lies
When we play games
Everyone is getting picked
But I just stand there
The last one there
So I can't play games
Cause they never pick me
So I sit back alone
All alone in the darkness
I am lost and alone
My life took a turn
But there is something
That I must learn
Don't be foolish
Don't be naive
Cause if you do
People just might leave
I am lost and alone
I am blinded and dead
Evereything's going to be alright
My Mother said
I am lost and alone
I am stranded in a cave
Now I am waiting
Waiting to be saved
My rage is buliding
With each day that goes by
I wish I could just
Forget this lie
My Life is ruined
Because of my mom and dad
They are to blame
Cause they've driven me mad
Every day at night
I hear my mother's cries
This situation is something
Me and my Mom can't pass by
My rage is rising
Cause they treat me like sludge
That is why I now
Am holding a grudge
(Semi-Finalist in a Poetry Contest)
I don't know what I'm doing
I don't know where to go
I am lost and alone
And trying to escape the truth
I hear a voice
So soft and soothing
I tells me don't worry
It will help me
It tells me to kill
It tells me lies
And I believe the lies
The reason to kill
They betrayed me and lied
The ones they call friends and parents
They hurt me and shunned me
When I needed them the most
I am angered and hurt
Full of Hatred and lonliness
Overwhelmed by sadness and hurt
And consumed by my rage
I don't want to kill
But it tells me I have to
I cannot control or fight it
Cause my anger and pain keeps it strong
My happiness and hope
And the things I've dreamt of
Every little bit of it is gone
Now I have nothing
I wish I could go back
To when nothing mattered
But it doesn't let me
And now I lose
I've lost everything
My family and friends
And the sad part is
I lost my will
I walk in a place I know
And the people I don't
But they know me
I just ignore
I past by a bunch of kids
Who claim they're my friends
But All I see are Kids
Kids who has betrayed someone
I pass by a few people
Who claim they're my neighbors
But all I see are people
People who hasn't been there for someone
I pass by a girl
Who claims to be my sister
But all I see is a girl
A girl who is mean and rotten inside
I walk past a couple
who claim they're my parents
But all I see is a couple
A couple who has betrayed themselves and children
I'm full of sadness
And full of pain
My true feelings have emerged
from the dpths of the cave
My feelings cannot be seen
For they will know
So I have to hide
My face behind a mask
The mask is a fraud
'Cause it's just an act
The mask is a lie
'Cause it hides everything
The mask is happy
But I fell sad
The mask is alive
While I am dead
The mask is hiding
What is the truth
And people believe it
All those dreadful lies
The mask can laugh
But I can just cry
But the mask is a lie
A lie that must go on
As the mask sees humans
As it walks by
The human saw the smile
But didn't see the frown
As the human walks away
The mask still smiles
Oh, how I wish
Wish to get rid of it
I want to take it off
So people can see
That te mask was lying
And the face holds the truth
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