forest fires

Someday we’ll see the fire burning,

signals like smoke, rising in the air,

telling all about the rescue

we’ve found here.

And we’ll even see it

and marvel

at how such a small fire

could spread and light

an entire forest,

and bring it to life;

shadows dancing behind branches.

We won’t believe that

we lit that fire ourselves;

that we kindled it

and watched it grow,

and that as it grew

it took more and more weight,

but never broke.

How could a few simple people

create such brilliance?

How could one God

speak an entire earth into being,

where two hearts

would be fused together

like one,

underneath the leaves

of trees.

We’ll stand there,

arms around ourselves;

around each other,

and smile;

we made it.

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