Turning Me Back Around

My pen would be dry if the world
  were the only cry for more

But Laura’s voice from within, 
  asserts with a solemn command

Kindling my eternal fire—stoking the
  questioning cord

Burning away the doubt,
—and turning me back around

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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