Living Legend

After I left you alone in the firelight I wondered if ever I'd see you again the day of departure loomed on my horizon the last time I'd ever have time with my friend, nobody told you to pack allyour heartstrings to turn off the future you planned in your head, nobody warned you of incoming missles imploding within ,turning everything red. you sit there in silence to gaze at the embers humming a tune a piano once played out on a stage surrounded by angels oblivious maestro ,you ebb and you fade. but I see that moment you triumphed in Paris, white doves all released to welcome the one, who soared on the notes of ultimate beauty who carried us up to the fire of the sun. Dear Phoenix I know you must die in your ashes before your rebirth can ever take place, but there in the fireglow I still see the flashes of genius alive in the light of .your face