Kurt Philip Behm

\"I Baptize Thee...\"

Am I so entitled,

 is it there in my name

 

Is the water redemptive,

 my salvation proclaimed

 

Does the Rock Of All Ages

 line my river with stone

 

Are the words mine by birthright,

 not borrowed or loaned

 

Is all time but a servant,

 flowing inward to send

 

A beginning eternal,

 whilst slaying the end

 

Is my legacy written

 in the current redeemed

 

As the present rechristens

 —my baptismal name freed

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)