Kurt Philip Behm

My Father Instilled

My Mother called out to me,

I had to come

 

To the depths of Her longing

my spirit would run

 

From four thousand feet,

She cried clear and loud

 

And as Her first born,

I rushed downward and proud

 

From the Canadian Rockies,

my destiny ran

 

Through Glacier and Yellowstone,

where all time began

 

At Page Her arms opened,

pulling me in

 

And She welcomed my rapids,

to baptize again

 

Reborn in the current

of their unbroken dream

 

She shouted my name,

the past-future redeemed

 

My intention now raging,

my soul shared with them

 

She asked of my Father,

Her words formed the wind

 

I said, “He is sleeping,”

His tears for you melt

 

His promise now drained,

His love greatly felt

 

Her heart pounding furious,

Her depths I now fill

 

Her womb I reenter

—my Father instilled

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)