Did visions appear?
Saints speak to her?
Michael, Catherine, Margaret—
sent from God?
Urge a twelve year old
maiden to sacrifice herself,
boldly lead the army
of France to victory?
Pyrrhic for her,
Joan burned,
only nineteen.
Did she see angels,
the smoke of her body
waft toward Heaven?
Faith put her feet
in the fire.
Originally Published in Ariel Chart