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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)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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