I Baptize Thee

Am I so entitled, is it there in my name Is the water redemptive, my salvation proclaimed Does the Rock Of All Ages line my river with stone Are the words mine by birthright, not borrowed or loaned Is all time but a servant, flowing inward to send A beginning eternal, whilst slaying the end Is my legacy written in the current redeemed As the present rechristens —my baptismal name freed (Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)