[RCL]

A Phoenix Flux (2)

Talons splitting my chest, the Phoenix
gripped my lungs with flaming wings,

their stunning heat, dense clotted blood,
blocked breath’s passage to my heart,

and flaring brighter blackened my brain
until we died: Did our mixed ashes,

rekindled by the hands of medics,
make breathing once again take flight?



A Phoenix Flux

The Phoenix's talons cut my chest
and flaming wings embraced my lungs,

singed and squeezed them tighter and tighter,
blocking breath’s passage to my heart

and blackening my panicked brain
until we died: Did our mixed ashes,

rekindled by the human medics,
make breathing once again take flight?

Edits:

L1 was The Phoenix landed in my chest