Used in daily life as a brandmark, it arises from symbolic
Until the face of the legend is obscured by the sands of time.
It is either purple with a golden mane, or a glittering masterwork
of gold ,sable and red.
The phoenix is the only one of its kind, and it's home is in Arabia.
At the end of a cycle as it feels death come close,
It gathers a nest of fragrant spices, on which to rest and sing
it's last song .
The dawn rays of Sol ignite the nest and both
Birth pyre and the phoenix are burnt to ash.
From this ash comes a worm,
In three days through chrysalis it blossoms into a new phoenix.
The new creature's first act is to gather the bones of it's ancestor.
Accompanied then,by a funeral cortege of many birds , processes to
Heliopolis (the City of thc Sun) on the Nile to be recieved with much
ceremony and burial rites by priests of the Sun.
The Phoenix buries its forbear's bones in the temple,
and takes flight to Arabia, its rebirth fulfilled.
When staying at Heliopolis, he was shown the bird in pictures;
(and "phoenix" may be due to confusing it's name with that of the date palm
which is also "phoenix" in Greek)
In time, the legend gathered embellishment,
