I will not apologize
For how I choose to rise
From the ashes you left
And tried to collect
After you burned me to the ground
And I didn’t make a sound
Why am I always the love of your life
Once I’m completely black and blue inside
Why is everything your fault
Once I finally get up the nerve to bolt
I will not apologize
For a single one of those Phoenix nights
Under glaring street lights
I cried in my car all night
Just to get out of your sight
A phoenix does not apologize
For how they choose to rise
So I’ll sit atop my mountain
And spend my time counting
The reasons I left your valley
As if I could even tally
All the scars you left on my mind
All the hours of wasted time
Three years is a long time to burn
But three years is a long time to learn
And so instead of an apology
You get a chapter in my mythology
I will not apologize
For how I choose to rise
From the ashes you left
For me to collect