The tongues of fire
danced in delight
on their frightened heads.
This was something strange
yet refreshingly new.
With hesitant looks
they watched the growing glow
fill the once dark room.
The gloom and doubt
that had wrapped their tentacles
around their fear filled hearts
evaporated in a haze.
What was this
their silent lips seemed to scream,
as they felt an unknown warmth
surge through
their once cold limbs,
suddenly sending sparks
of courage
darting back and forth
in a room now charged
by an unknown power.
The breath of air
the ruah of life
circled the heads of all
and rested anew
in flickering flames
on those called to
spread the good news.
Now arose a cacophony of sound
spilling over into
dizzying dialects,
as they who walked with Him,
resurrected in glory
as the promised Spirit
renewed the face of the earth.
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* ruah – Hebrew word for “spirit”