Pyrophytic People

11.18.2018

 

When life goes to ashes

As sad as it is

As bad as it is

A new fire lit

Something rises from it

The Phoenix will rise once again

When life goes to ashes

The greatest surprise is

Not just that it rises

But how, who, what, where, why and when

 

There are pyrophytic plants

They need fire to seed

I would argue

Some humans have shared in this need

 

No attempt to diminish

The tragedies suffered

Any loss is a loss

I feel for their pain

 

I merely point out

For some who have suffered

Have bloomed from their loss

From tragedy buffered

As Phoenixes rising

From ashes below

Pyrophytic people rise

Pyrophytic people rose

From the ashes of their pain

To super-succeed

Their lives rise to full gain

From the fire they feed

Like pyrophitic seed

They rise from it all

They super-succeed

 

As I think upon it

A question too rises

Who would they be

Had they not paid tragic prices

Who would they be

Sans tragedy

 

Pyrophytic seeds

From the ashes of tragedy

Inspiration ignites

The Phoenix it rises

See the fire in its eyes

As pyrophytic people

Set fire to their lives

Set themselves on a path

Toward meteoric rise

 

Pyrophitic people

Phoenixes rising

From pit to pinnacle

From the ashes of tragedy

From seed to super-succeed