70/100 days of summer Poetic Asides prompt- interview

An Interview with Daniel

This is Curi Ositiy with

Time Traveler News

here with Daniel

in Babylon, Sixth Century.
 

Daniel, how did it feel

to be thrown into the lion’s den?

I was worried more for the king.

He was tricked into signing the order
to not pray to God for thirty days,
which led to my sentence of death,
and he was greatly distressed.

Weren’t you afraid?
 

Yes, but I knew God would either protect me

or take me to be with Him.
My emotions just had to catch up.
 

Tell me what it was like facing hungry lions?

 

Dark, stinky and I was hungry, too.

They didn’t plan for a last meal,

since I was supposed to be it.

What was it like when you realized

the lions wouldn’t hurt you?

Kind of nice.

Have you ever heard lions purr?

Lulled me right to sleep.

And they made for comfy pillows.

And when they freed you, what was that like?
 

A relief but it was also tragic

since the men who framed me

and their families

were thrown into the den.

They died before they hit bottom.

It’s not a sound I’ll soon forget.

 

Terrible! What would you like to say

to those who are listening?

This is for future people, correct?
 

Yes, it's airing in 2012.
 

I’ll echo my good friend King Darius,

 “Worship the living God, the eternal ruler.
He saves, rescues, and
performs astounding miracles

in heaven and on earth.”
 

He saved me from the power of the lions.
 

Thank you Daniel. Remarkable story.

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Children in public schools
forbidden to pray or read Bible stories.