My Sins

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I stare in the mirror

the devil stares back

Laughing and sneering

his taunting attack

 

“I bought you, I own you

now run, try to hide

Your soul has been mortgaged

your spirit is mine”

 

I run to the yard

and come back with a brick

At the silvery glass

I throw and then kick

 

The pieces all splatter

and smash on the floor

As a roar can be heard

from the rafters and more

 

A fire has started

the attic ablaze

With bats in the air

the demon is raised

 

I reach in my shirt

for the cross round my neck

For my Grandmother’s promise

to preserve and protect …

 

And the heat that it carries

burns bright in my hand

As I point it aloft

at the horns and demand …

 

“A Rosary upon you

return to your cave

My faith is restored

— my sins he forgave”

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)

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Published by Kurt Philip Behm

I am a lifelong author with 21 books published to date—one best seller. Much of my writing is about the deception of time and its many disguises. My Poetry 'An Anthology Of Perception,' is now available in four volumes. In addition I have a 175 page Poem 'After Midnight,' that was published in 2014. My Historical Fiction series, 'The Sword Of Ichiban' is now up to volume 8 which is being published this Spring ... Vol #1- The Sword Of Ichiban Vol #2- Darkening Sun Vol #3- Revenge Along The War Trail Vol #4- Death From The Sky Vol #5- Jumping Into the Darkness Vol #6- The Fall City Mandate. Vol #7- Approaching Storm Vol #8- Brothers In Blood One autobiographical novel, 'The Death Of The Playground' a Best Seller, published in 2007. One travel novel, 'Searching For Crazy Horse,' published in 2005, recapping my forty years of motorcycle touring in the American Rocky Mountain West. I have written one Children's Book, 'Sammy & Bumpers' that was published in 2016. All of my books are available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and better Book Stores world wide. Kurt Philip Behm

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