Prophetic Fire

"I have a feeling it's gonna burn,"

He said of his old house while we stood in his driveway.

"Lots of things burn out here, ya know?"

He relapsed into a faraway smile

And never heard another word I said.

The promise of phoenix rising means everything to him,

But he has a bootstrap theology.

He pulls himself up.

He doesn't bother praying for a disaster

That he has the power to create on his own.

-jenn