The poem helped solvers know when they found the correct string. The poem was chosen because of the Phoenix and the dove, and what the poem was about. I also love Shakespeare and referenced him previously on the trail. This specific poem has amazing lore around it and is largely considered one of the most mysterious poems of all time. It's part of a book of poems that in its entirety are a mystery, some of the authors are a mystery. There is much to explore. The phoenix was a symbol for personal reasons. The queen being tied to the phoenix because Elizabeth is strongly considered the phoenix in these texts. The knight to represent the hints that the texts were about the love story between Elizabeth and Second Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux. The art was intended to direct readers to the text, but it was not necessary for the solution. In the past numerous complaints have been made about using too ambiguous of references. So for this piece I tried to be as straight forward as possible. The greek keys, mirror and rotate CCW, as is needed to read the flames properly. The flames hold all the "code" and this was intended to be clear. The key was the key. This was also intended to be clear. The flames are the code and they are consuming the subjects of the story. This is an art piece as much as it is a puzzle. It was an art piece created as reflection of my life at the time and subjects that inspired me. I'm sorry if you are disappointed that I did not manage to create some labyrinth of an internet hunt with this final piece. But that was never my intention in the first place. This piece was meant to be direct, straightforward, and the end of a chapter that I wanted to close - that being the legend of satoshi nakamoto.

By all means, create your own challenges and put my puzzles to shame. But asking for donations to create puzzles is wrong and dishonest. You make work and prove talent. That is the only way.

And no, white rabbit is a fraud and also I believe the same account as you, Feedo. This is not appreciated. You obviously would like to make a puzzle that others care about. Then do it. If you can't afford to fund your own puzzle then just make one that's for fun.