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Phoenix Rising

The fire came
With the planes
Sweeping through the night
Darkening the day
Causing the flight
Of pets and people
Looking for safe havens
Away from the flames
Of terrible destruction
Of towers and frames
Of former existence
The winds of Fate
Keep blowing
Taking all in their path
Never knowing
The dreams destroyed
The fire trucks deployed
To stop the Inferno
Seem hopelessly out numbered
Still they persist
Against terrible odds
The hazards exist

And heroes are born
On this quiet autumn morn
The sirens keep screaming
Through the blackened clouds
Those never dreaming
That Fate's fickle finger
Pointed their way
Would change lives forever
On that sunny day
It's the beginning of Autumn
The leaves have started to fall
Then great trees and towers
Collapse in the pall of smoke
And grey ashes cover us all
Now lost forever
Loved toys
And bright treasures
Look back in anguish
And grieve
Through your pain
But always remember
You can rebuild again, and
Rise like the Phoenix

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