The Furnace 2.

Once again the Furnace is made;
but Death no longer abides.
She died giving birth to Her son, Jealousy.

Now Jealousy is a tricky one,
for none knows His thoughts and desires,
other than the Transcendent one,
From whom all beings come..

Jealousy deigned to rekindle the lost flames of the Furnace,
but for that He needed a sacrifice,
So He looked high and low,
Crossed mountains and valleys,
till He came to a bridge.

On that bridge,
He found Lust ravishing Love,
and Jealousy, with his mother's blade,
Stabbed Lust in the Heart,
and sought to use His body as a sacrifice.

and Love cried out,
"Oh Jealousies of Jealousies,
Thou knowest not what Thou has done,
For Thou has slain my betrothed,
Lies here my beloved,
Breathless and non-existent".

and ceasing from the belt of Lust,
Confusion's dagger,
Love kills herself.

She dies..
And Jealousy, bringing their bodies back to the Furnace,
Cremated them together,
and in the dance of the flames,
Truth is born..

and Truth says Jealousy..
"You time is now, be non-existent!".

And so they battle and Truth defeats Jealousy,
for Death's dagger is powerless against the shield of Truth..

Jealousy retreats,
Perhaps to return another day with his cousin, Vengeance and Rage,
to reclaim the Furnace.

Truth now guards the furnace,
Never to allow it to be used for evil.
He invites his friends, Patience and Perseverance,
to aid Him in the long hours of the night..

and Thus the furnace remains...
as it is, as it was always meant to be...