Fire Heart

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned;
 the flames will not set you ablaze.”

(Isaiah 43:2)

And I stand in the burning coals

White churls of ask fly up as the fire stirs

The fine grit soft between my toes,

Pleasantly warm, comforting

And the flames rise up

Bathe my legs and warm my heart

Fire heart. Lion heart.

Daniel. David.

But the smoke clouds my eyes

In the middle of fire-light

My vision is black

Be thou my vision

Where can I go from your presence?

Even darkness will not be dark to you

The night will shine like the day,

For darkness is as light to you

You hem me in, behind and before

And the embrace of the flames is your arms

And the fire brightness flies up to the evening sky

The shining light of the Morning Star

And the crackle of pine resin is your song,

The sweet perfume of your incense

And I stand before your alter, and I worship

I stand before you and I sing