I Answered Back
As I lay dying
there were no regrets,
. . . because I answered back
From all beginnings
to every distant end,
. . . I answered back
Not waiting for any higher calling
or mystery on the wind,
. . . I answered back
Before the questions, even after the
secrets,
. . . I answered back
I shouted in voices of my own becoming,
and you forgave me for every one,
. . . and answered back too
Spreading your wings
eternal,
...inviting me to climb on
Pointing me toward the
heavens,
...for one last ride
Where I hold on triumphant,
listening to you announce into forever,
. . . those things I’ve said
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2011)
Copyright © Kurt Philip Behm | Year Posted 2016
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