01/05 Immortality

And all I wanted was it
The secret to everlasting
The immortality of a
Rising phoenix
Coming from the ashes
All I wanted was it
But it slipped from my hand
Like grains of sunlight
Falling onto the beach
As you try to grasp them
Then they fall
Sprinkle like water into
The sandy shore
All I wanted was it
But the philosopher's stone
It rolled away down the hill
To join the other pebbles
To become one with the sea
As it lapped gently
Against the sand shore
The white and grey rocks smacking
Against  the sandy shore