A Voice In the Distance

I remember how, in the moment,
It felt like my head had flipped back
Like the top of a Pez dispenser
And a column of fire rose from my throat to the sky

And I whisked my baby into my arms
Because a voice in the distance was screaming, "Danger,"
And I listened without asking why. 

That was the moment I saved her and myself.
That voice I heard was mine.