From The Ashes…

On the merry-go-round of the customary
Forever spinning, pleading respite
Blinkered to the inevitable déjà vu
Until the flames lap and lick
Trapped, now there is no escape
Only then, awareness
Of the plight, all matter burnt to a cinder

From the ashes
Rises the unknown, the unsullied
The unmasked, undefined
Its purity points to the stars
The path
From the ashes…