Flaming Phoenix

In amongst the burning trees Stood a creature still as breeze In its eyes burned a fire Its contagion was its strange attire. There about its godly perch I lost all senses as it chirped its vessel bore the marks of greed Its beak inscribed a slave's decree And when it suddenly spoke to me My heart came empty, skipped a beat For shock was not the words there spoken But of its tone and raw emotion There I listened to its pain How man had made it feel disgrace Instead of healing or pain erase Was forced to bid man's selfish gain And as Lady Star drifted away so to the phoenix burst into flames Carnage in a cloud of ashes Memories left were subtly passive Was I to quiet my soul to sleep! Pretend next lifetime explores peace These thoughts left me in shock of dread that all things living must grovel and beg.