Quotes and poetry by blazephoenix

Darkest day
Blackest hour
Chin up shoulders back
Let's see what we're made of
You, and I

Doctor Who

By unknown writer

Fault lines
Tremble underneath my glass house
But I put it out of my mind
Long enough to call it courage
To live without a lifeline
I bend the definition of faith
To exonerate my blind eye
Till the sirens sound I'm safe

©SleepingAtLast

blazephoenix 11w

Run like hell
because you always need to

Laugh at everything
'cause it's always funny

Never be cruel
and never be cowardly

And if you ever are
always make amends

©DoctorWho

blazephoenix 11w

I'm sitting at the lakeside
It's late evening, after 7:00
It's always so beautifully lit up
Lights of green, red, yellow and blue every night
But not this one
there is only the noise of automotives
bright yellow of headlights
and the jarring red of backlights
The lakeside is reflecting
my muddled thoughts
It hints of nostalgia tonight
And my mind is peppered
with thoughts of an unsure future
The water doesn't show me myself
I click pictures
But they aren't coming right
The lights aren't bright enough
The sky not dark enough
and the lens of my camera,
blind to beauty without you in it

©blazephoenix

blazephoenix 12w

How wonderful
to see a smile on your face
It costs farewell tears
for a welcome-home parade
A secret handshake
between me and my one life
I'll find the silver lining
no matter what the price
'Cause I'm hungry,
oh I'm hungry, I'm hungry
For whatever comes next

Let me tell you
another secret of the trade
It feels like sinking
when I'm standing in one place
So I look to the future
and I book another flight
When everything feels heavy,
I've learned to travel light
But I want to be here
Truly be here
To watch the ones
that I love bloom
And I want to make room
To love them
through and through and through
And through the slow and barren seasons too
I feel hope
Deep in my bones
Tomorrow will be beautiful

- Sleeping at last

blazephoenix 25w

Dynasty

Some days, it's hard to see
If I was a fool, or you, a thief
Made it through the maze
To find my one in a million
And now you're just a page
Torn from the story I'm building
And all I gave you is gone
Tumbled like it was stone
I thought we built a dynasty
that heaven couldn't shake

©MIIA

blazephoenix 31w

blazephoenix 34w

Invent yourself
and then reinvent yourself
Don't stay in the same slough

Invent yourself
and then reinvent yourself
and stay out of the clutches of mediocrity

Charles Bukowski

blazephoenix 35w

Love is fragile
And we're not always
Its best caretakers
We just muddle through
And do the best we can
And hope this fragile thing
Survives against all odds

blazephoenix 36w

Show me how to lay my sword down
For long enough to let you through

Here I am, pry me open
What do you want to know?

I'm just a kid, who grew up
Scared enough to hold the door shut
And bury my innocence

But here's a map, here's a shovel
Here's my Achilles' heel
I'm all in, palms out, at your mercy now
And I'm ready to begin..

©SleepingAtLast