Ruah

The flame within my bones, it spurs me

Conscience and will do both profess

The truth is quick and unrelenting

I can not hide; but must confess

Breath escapes the lips so weakly

Lying to preserve my pride

But smoke and cinder exhaled offend me;

Holding shame and sin inside

Blackened, smoldering heart is crumbling

When light in darkness would bring health

The truth is quick and unrelenting

I could never save myself

Then Spirit rushes through my blood like fire

Your gentle spirit within my breath

Brings soft warmth and quenches ire

And leaves me shaken by the test

These dry bones may shake and shiver

With the life this wind endows

But the truth is quick and unrelenting

Free from flames, I am breathing now