Sold Unborn

Give me back my kidnapped youth,
distiller of the night

Return the sun from whence it’s gone,
expose this darkened fright

Give me back the future-past,
all memory on the run

Return those days once sold unborn
—to where my joy has gone

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2020)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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