The stake they put her to encased in iron bound Tightened with hay and perfumed with betrayal The white lace adorned the flesh The flesh that tempted him into manhood Now a martyr he would make of her! Joan de Arc In no time did he tender the flames to her pyre They lapped and licked at her She wept a while, for her heart was broken Her mind was broken That which all she came to be was broken and sent to burn Hellfire came and took her The white lace and blonde locks eaten No screams, for the tears silenced her and the creamy palate of flesh was cinders It faded to ash and fell before their blind eyes Blinded by their families sake The boy soldier turned his eyes astray but it had came to pass she was right, Her words were true No fire could burn she! For she was the fire!, A she wolf, A shield Maiden You cannot burn that which has lighting in her heart and fire in her soul! She arose from the ashes naked and pure Golden and burning like a solar storm The boy soldier marveled watched on From her tortures, her torments She rose higher above her death, her corpse, her ashes To a new her! Smothered in battle scars! Her eyes a pit of combustion Her past was cinders, her future was burning Her crimson lips parted to roar with all the fire of a dragon I am a woman, a warrior, a soldier! I am the fire! Her fiery wings spread, the flames embraced her beauty Her eyes gleamed like sunflare She was the woman known as Tartarus The woman all men should fear but desire, Valkyrie She was the Phoenix rising, rising from the ashes **Remember the pain, but learn the lesson