Rise Like the Phoenix



 
Fattoria Santo Stefano
                                                                Fattoria Santo Stefano           photo credit Pamela Ford Green

                                                                                                      

Italy was breathtaking in so many ways. Nothing more beautiful than the sunset looking over the vineyard. In the dead of winter, back home in New England, I struggle to feel the warmth and beauty of it all. There are only days now, before the country that I love, hands over the ultimate power to a vindictive,  egotistical, Megalomaniac. I often express, that it's not the politics that is most disturbing.   Politics breeds debate and conflict.  A necessity for growth I suppose.  It's the man.  He is only relatable to other despotic beings or the misinformed.  

Not all change is good. 

 California is experiencing the wrath of climate change with extreme drought and the fierce Santa Ana Winds. Perhaps California's suffering is an omen of what's to come.  But then again,  I see the them.  Those afflicted who are already picking up the pieces and building again.  So we must Rise Like the Phoenix.


Rise Like the Phoenix 
                                                                 Song by Conchita Wurst
https://youtu.be/SaolVEJEjV4?si=ORQRygXmwAnsRA5k

Waking in the rubble
Walking over glassNeighbors say we're troubleWell that time has passed
Peering from the mirrorNo, that isn't meStranger getting nearerWho can this person be
You wouldn't know me at all today from the fading light I fly
Rise like a phoenixOut of the ashes seeking rather than vengeanceRetribution you were warnedOnce I'm transformedOnce I'm rebornYou know I will rise like a phoenixBut you're my flame
Go about your businessAct as if you're freeNo one could have witnessedWhat you did to me
'Cause you wouldn't know me todayAnd you have got to seeTo believeFrom the fading light I fly
Rise like a phoenix Out of the ashes seeking rather than vengeanceRetribution, you were warnedOnce I'm transformedOnce I'm reborn
I rise up to the skyYou threw me down butI'm gonna fly
And rise like a phoenixOut of the ashes seeking rather than vengeanceRetribution you were warnedOnce I'm transformedOnce I'm rebornYou know I will rise like a phoenixBut you're my flame


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