Final Torch

With days becoming short
  the light is growing dim

My eyes no longer search
  this vow my final hymn

Its message splits the air
  a flight with no return

The journey to within
 —one final torch to burn  

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2018)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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