Baptized There

My life a poem, forego the count,
that comes in threes and fours

The space between to catch new breath,
that time may now allure

These moments gifted more than once,
constant in their prayer

Whose vow will cast the river wide
—new words to baptize there

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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