Phoenix (A New and Stronger You)

Now and again in life you need to let go
Even of yourself, your own enemy
To realize that no make pretend can cure
An unspoken pain

You can lie to the person beside you
Or to the rest of the world
But you cannot lie to yourself, to God,
He knows chambers of your heart

Truth sets you free
Unveil the face behind the mask
Let the pain consume you to ashes
To be the groundwork of a new you

When such aching is released
Oh what a great reprieve for the soul
Healing, restoration is on the way
Giving way to a better day

[1]Phoenix is a magical bird in ancient stories that lives for 500 years, burned itself to ashes on pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period;also a person or thing likened to the phoenix.

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