The Eighth Gone Astray

Kurt Philip Behm

Seven dark prodigals approached in the night,

  saying: “One has escaped and

                journeyed into the light”

 

Seven dark prodigals with shadows now gone,

  longed for he who had left them,

 —for he who was strong

 

Seven dark prodigals wandered the dark,

  no safety in numbers,

  in search of their heart

 

“We must look till he’s found,” I heard two of them say,

   seven sins unforgiven,

  —the eighth gone astray

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 18th, 2017 14:36
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