Myth, Legend

(A cascade poem, a form created by Udit Bhatia.) 
My phoenix of the world's desire 
rescinded in the flames of lust, 
that knows no darker fire. 
O do I dare, or can I trust? 
My spread-eagled wings, vast and free, 
they carry me to my goal. 
The rainbow plume that most admire - 
my phoenix of the world's desire. 
Up high, so far away from home. 
I am lost in the unmapped realm 
of sky, the spiced, charred winds of fate - 
rescinded in the flames of lust. 
Than light so bright, now I am blind; 
no other world can see. A prelude 
of volcanic sire, my ever-burning fun'ral pyre 
that knows no darker fire. 
No ruby dazzles, nor emerald lingers 
in my heart's nearest prize. 
Ra's Bennu-weben tarries here - 
O do I dare, or can I trust?

My Phoenix of the World's Desire