Find your place on the asphalt of my existence
and forget that I ever gave you my humility -


Selfless integrity
turned to ash in the forever fire of my self consumption -


it's just another day,


followed by another empty night -



swallowed by the darkness -


throwing in the towel


...........................throwing this fight.



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And eloquent shades of lilac and blue
emerge from the cryptic tones
of the Silver Ashes
of a Purple Phoenix -

And dawn doesn't stand a chance
Against the midnight sky-lights of my heart -


There's more to me than meets the eye,


and trust me,


I'm the last of my kind.