Unbaptized Words

Certificate unsigned,

  pen firmly in hand

 

The bliss not for barter,

  its insight free-stands

 

Faith and acceptance

  may go where they please

 

To my grave and beyond,

  the verse teaches and frees

 

No savior I ask for,

  forgiveness I shun

 

Redemption for others,

  new ink on the run

 

Till one day uncovered,

  hidden deep on the shelf

 

A message unchristened,

   buried dark and unfelt

 

Where the voice I was gifted,

  and the music I heard

 

In themselves live forever

  —free unbaptized words

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)

 

 

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