Phoenix

winged exhalation
breathe blue-red sky crystals
fly!
a blazing phoenix
burning ashes off
like powdery dross,
a southern wind to
beat the north!
oh north your home,
its lovers mark your
absence
no more,
oh boreal land rejoice
the soaring figure
soon to walk her
native earth
how will you contain her?
how welcome?
“secret gifts and
green magic
fitting for the finest
forest child
await the promised
coming”