Rising From the Ashes

The wear and tear of my past experience has ravaged my spirit, body and soul Now my life is a mere shallow existence with a deep longing to be made whole I was caught in the beauty of your charm and savouring its full pleasure was my goal Now I experience a deep sense of alarm at the loss of my feeling of control But with my own inner resolve and firmness and the strength I can get from other avenues I must overcome this sense of helplessness and move on to live my life as I choose The phoenix bird burns itself to ashes whenever it becomes worn out with age And from those ashes a new phoenix arises and starts a fresh life cycle on a new page Scorched and burned by my actions of the past and having learned from the anguish and pain I also will rise from those ashes at last and move on afresh with my own life again (To those dealing with addiction – drugs, alcohol, etc., and also a broken heart)