Fire Above / Water Below

The least little brothers
had this tale to tell,
how once he had
accepted the offer
of a prostitute,
if she would obey
the nature of brother fire
and lay down
with him
in the womb of the hearth
where all our desires
are purified.
And they recalled
this wonder too,
how one night
out of the heart
of the hearth he flew,
all engaged
in dazzling flames,
driven like Elijah
enroute Home.
He spun round and
round their waking dreams,
touching their
hopes and prayers
with tongues of fire.
And this most amazing miracle,
which made them weep
and run like rain
to remember;
how mercy had
always poured out
through him
because he used
all authority given
to him
to serve.

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This page is managed by Fr. Raymond A. Bucko, S.J. of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Creighton University. E-Mail: bucko@creighton.edu Page Last Updated: December 1, 2001

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