Legacy Recast

Like wine uncorked to breathe the air,
my heart and mind become

The richness of this life I’ve lived,
all fortune on the run

Not looking back, but looking in,
the key to feelings past

Where hides a treasure, memory locked
—its legacy recast

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

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