The dark arrives without a sound It knows the spaces I have found No sudden storm, no crashing sky Just quiet rooms where embers lie I do not fight what comes to me I let it take what has to leave No hand above, no saving sign This fire is mine It strips me down It makes me see What still remains Is truly me I rise from the ashes I rise from the flame Not rescued by heaven Not freed from the pain I rise — I return Through the night on my own I rise — I return But I’m never alone I rise I rise from the ashes I rise from the flame Not rescued by heaven Not freed from the pain I rise — I return Through the night on my own I rise — I return But I’m never alone I rise In ancient light I build my nest From shattered parts within my chest Heliopolis remembers still The cycle bends but not my will Each time it comes, I recognize The silent truth behind my eyes The fire does not come to end It comes to mend It burns away What cannot stay And leaves the core That will not sway I rise from the ashes I rise from the flame Again and again But never the same I rise — I return Through the dark I have known I rise — I return And I stand on my own I rise It comes back And I know the door It comes back I’ve been here before Through the ash Through the flame Through the breaking Through my name Not destroyed Not undone Just returning As the one I rise from the ashes I rise from the flame This cycle of burning Is part of my name I rise — I return Through the night and the dawn I rise — I return And I carry on I rise I rise — I return From the ashes I have learned I rise — I return Through the fire I have burned Not untouched Not the same But alive within the flame I rise I return It comes back I know the sign It comes back And I step inside Through the ash Through the flame Through the breaking Through my name Not destroyed Not undone Just returning As the one I rise — I return From the ashes I have learned I rise — I return Through the fire I have burned Again and again Through the dark I’ve known I rise — I return On my own Again Again I rise I return
