take this iron prophet
go to the brook
Cherith
a hot-forged knife cutting out impurities
as sharp wings etch air
coal-dark
carrying bread
and the brook Cherith cuts
quenches
until time for the refiner’s fire
Zarephath
the place of widow’s faith in
ever-renewing bread
and prophet’s pleading for resurrection
till purged
tempered
faith honed to razor-edge
to cleave hearts to worship
the fiery prophet
climbs Mount Carmel and
calls down God’s
fire
.
(1 Kings 17:2-24, 18:36-38)
Cherith means ‘cutting’, and Zarephath means ‘refiner’s forge’.
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