I Want To Be a Saint

I want to be a saint.
But who is a saint?

Is it the ability to kill for the truth?
Or the ability to die for it

Is a saint the perfect life?
Or the life that overcomes the evil.

I am lost.
The wise ones
Who is a saint?
I want to be one.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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