Art’s Greatest Gift

The lack of fame

 my spirit free

 

A bird uncaged

 amongst the trees

 

Its weight not lifted

 and never there

 

My breath in sequence

  above the air

 

The lack of fame

 art’s greatest gift

 

My oath to no one

 allegiance kept

 

As thoughts go hither

 and feelings yon

 

My soul untempered

 —my words to song

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)

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