Now Mine To Keep

My first breath every morning…

   a thank-you to the Lord

 

My heart beats then in tribute,

  single note in heaven’s chord

 

My last breath every evening…

  as I close my eyes to sleep

 

To thank him softly once again

  —his grace now mine to keep

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)

    From ‘The Book Of Prayers’

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