by Rae Greenwood

Fire burns dreams to the ground
As a fierce wind slaps your face

The air is choked with smoke
As you silently weep for mercy

But the dark night slowly ebbs away
As a ray of morning light glimmers

Fire becomes ash and the air cools
As the Lord’s hand braces you

In the darkest hour of life
As his steady hand guides you

Faith will go unbroken 
As he guides you forward

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Rae Greenwood is a teacher and writer from Northern California. She volunteers in her church’s Sunday school program and women’s ministry.  Some of her work appears or forthcoming in As Surely As the Sun, Blue Villa, The Amazine, miniMAG, and elsewhere.