Sticks and stones may break my bones
But it's your words that resonate when I am alone
And they say knowledge is power
Well I guess that makes me power hungry
With an insatiable appetite to know you

I travel my road of solitude
Yet I'm dodging left and right
Clouded in thought
So blurred I'm losing sight
Fighting against the odds
I won't become a statistic
So I kneel to rest
Quick breather
Gather myself to be put to test
Back to my feet
Never accept defeat
Like a Knight
I may be battered
Bruised and tarnished
But I always dust off
Prepared to run into battle

Failure was never an option
It's for the feeble minded
Those afraid to try
I've fallen many times but I bounce right back
The ground and I are friends
It always puts me back on track
Returns the target to my sights
Reminds me of my destination
Whispers "the sky is the limit"
So off I go
One foot in front of the other
Running start
Spread my wings
Fly through those clouds that once blinded me
To bask in the warm rays of clarity
Soar to achievement​

I may have over come the challenge
But I will see the front lines again
For I am a Phoenix
I may flare into flames
But it's from the ashes that I rise again

I am a hopeless romantic
Believer of fairy tales
Where the guy fights for his girl
And she is hopelessly devoted
Whimsical love tales that rise and fall
The kind you read about
Dream about
See in movies
Where they ride off​ into the sunset
It's a primal desire
It leaves me parched
So here I wait
Forr the one to quench my thirst

I travel my road of solitude
Yet I'm dodging left and right
Clouded in thought
So blurred I'm losing sight
Fighting against the odds
I won't become a statistic
So I kneel to rest
Quick breather
Gather myself to be put to test
Back to my feet
Never accept defeat
Like a Knight
I may be battered
Bruised and tarnished
But I always dust off
Prepared to run into battle

Failure was never an option
It's for the feeble minded
Those afraid to try
I've fallen many times but I bounce right back
The ground and I are friends
It always puts me back on track
Returns the target to my sights
Reminds me of my destination
Whispers "the sky is the limit"
So off I go
One foot in front of the other
Running start
Spread my wings
Fly through those clouds that once blinded me
To bask in the warm rays of clarity
Soar to achievement​

I may have over come the challenge
But I will see the front lines again
For I am a Phoenix
I may flare into flames
But it's from the ashes that I rise again

If you want me
Show me
Make me see it
Feel it
Know it
No more words for me to stumble on
No more words for me to obsess on
No more words for me to drown in
This is your chance
Throw me a preserver and bring me close
Or I shall drift to sea

Reflection
Retracing steps of choices made
Not to dwell but to learn
I must study
I must take action
I must succeed
Failure was never an option
Look back to go forward
Take notes and apply
Like an arrow
Pull back, take aim, and fly