From the Heart of the Fire

Inspired by Deuteronomy 9:10 (NLT).

I was there,
Forty days and forty nights,
Forty hearts and forty fights.
You held my hand
And I took out a knife
To cut up the cloud
That covered my life.
But life was just that sand
That slipped
Through my fingers.
Those nights,
Those crazy nights,
I dared you to linger,
To whisper,
To seduce me a little longer,
To burn,
To hunger,
But you just sauntered
In and out, through and between
All my dreams and things unseen.
Those forty days,
Those forty nights…
Some would say
I was a liar
For saying you spoke to me.
You spoke to me
Through fire and rain and tears
And pain and fears.
Your voice was clear as day.
You shook me.
You broke me.
You touched me.
You recreated me.
You never changed.
You sung to me.
You hummed to me.
And just like the loudest
Of angelic choirs,
You spoke to me
From the heart of the fire.