Atychiphobia

by Ice Star

Ambition and the Phoenix

dear diary

She tells me that i am like
Her pet
a bird as bright as fire
i am the phoenix of the Princess
(Her faithful student until the end)
because She tells me
i have the light of promises

yours in review sheets and study guides

sunset shimmer

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lights i never expected would burn out
She made me promises
that were only ash in the end
like She knew i was no bird
who could rise again

perhaps
that was only made so
because
You spoke them to me
only the brightest Star
would burn
everything in my life

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dear diary

the Princess has the most amazing pet ever
i always wished for one
when i still lived with grandmother
(forever and ever ago)
a little critter as bright as me!

only philomena never wants to play
every time i approach her she squawks and flies away
and all the Princess has to say
is that maybe one day
the phoenix might come to me and stay

or
she might
stop
looking at me
like i'm
not happy
here

how
do i
could i
tell the Princess
something
like
that?

do you think
even She knows
Her bird looks
up at me when i have birdseed
grasped in my magic
like
i look
up
up up
up up up
at
Her Highness?

yours in tests

sunset shimmer