Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2017 | Page 121

The Phoenix
St. Margaret's Co-Educational English Secondary and Primary School
(Secondary Section), Rubio, Karylle - 13
The Phoenix perishes,
The Phoenix dwells,
It's similar to an enchanting spell,
Until it proclaims its last farewell.
The ongoing cycle still awaits.
Foreign concessions are yet obtained,
Pestilential remedies they are retained.
Gone were the central borders,
Soon unfolded the strict reorders.
Boom! Bang!
Militant rebellions began to uprise,
Citizens apprise to avert foul play,
Though the mythical creature failed to harken,
Its eyes felt tears and commenced to darken.
The persevering being had diffused its ashes,
Feisty flames that flashed so bright,
Burned through scars and ready for flight.
The demolished city had been restored,
With every piece replaced with thorns.
If time could mend the city's mourns,
We shall look past the flowing bourn.
The Phoenix perished,
The Phoenix dwelled,
The Phoenix shrivelled,
The Phoenix upheld,
And is waiting for a life worth scuffling.