Pull My Heart Away by Jack Penate

 

Burned Alive

My heart has never had to catch up,

But here, I feel it racing breathlessly as even IT is trying to process it all.

 

Only God can be behind such an event in your life.

Only God can be one step ahead of the heart.

 

I burned alive that day.

I threw every piece of me in.

I watched it all burn.

I watched my spirit glow within the fire.

 

A comforting fire.

A powerful fire.

A flame that took over your eyes,

Like seeing only a reflection of it in your glasses –

And nothing else around.

 

The fire was all that remained.

It continued to burn just as strongly as it did when it was first lit.

 

And it never died out –

It never ceased –

Incapable of extinguishing –

Knowing nothing of ashes and smoke.

 

I see it burning to this day –

When I close my eyes and see her comforting me on that crescent moon.

 

She’s been holding me this whole time –

And He’s been speaking to me persistently.

 

Now:  I see

Now:  I feel

Now:  I know

 

The flames are real –

I still feel them burning,

As they tear away my skin, my hair, my every being . . .

 

And leave only the soul –

This vessel of spirit.

She,

Dances …

Praises …

Loves …

And Warms …

The entire world, now, with all her might.

– BLOOMIFIED