Apostasy

With alacrity now, I give up

That, which my belief once usurped

To my thirst like a cup

However, the longing never stopped



Deem not, a-going astray

My new will to not

Genuflect, statutorily and pray

To that in marble or ivory wrought



I have not traded the missal

For a bride’s love nor wedlock’s ring

But my early truth, in a trickle

Hast dripped; a new faith, entering



Yet, methinks am gone astray

For the new truth, sounds several leagues away
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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