Walk through the fire
smell the burning flesh
toenails blackened,
Fall off.
Burnt hair stink,
As flames crawl up the legs.
Screaming to be raised
Above the devastation.
As arms reach out,
gray dripping skin.
Take me away….
lift me out
PLEASE STOP THE FIRE.
No, the voice speaks,
You’re not done burning.
Purification fire.
Let it burn out.
Head down
Streaks on the face burning around the streams of tears.
Not enough tears to put the fire out.
Eye lashes, eyebrows,
Ash.
Eyes look down, unable to look up.
They see….
Transformation.
Gray, burned embers of feet become
Perfect.
Beautiful.
Legs, blackened sticks
Regain strength and grace.
Transformation,
creeps up the blackened body.
The soft places, gray and smoldering
Become soft and supple.
Transformation
Eyelashes, face, lips
Soft, now flawless skin
Complete
Transformation.
Purified by fire
More beautiful than before the fire.
Reborn. Whole. Glowing. Exquisite.
Love.
