- Oct 26, 2022
- 9 min
Fire or Fire: A Question Answered
As for us, now will we come to thee, our Consuming Fire. And thou wilt not burn us more than we can bear. But thou wilt burn us. George Macdonald Nearly five years ago I wrote a poem which came out of a time following a friend's sudden death. I can't say the poem is about the individual death but it was written in the wake of it, in the winter season, and in a time of personal gloom. It wasn't without clumsiness but it captured well enough a suspicion, or an apprehension, I h
