The Ashes of Sin
A man must be measured
to call himself such
Each storm must be weathered
its helmsman so clutch
Fire must be extinguished
for growth to begin
The seeds of new virtue
—from the ashes of sin
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2015)
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