My Sins He Forgave (+1)

Kurt Philip Behm

I stare in the mirror,

And 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 denied”

 

I run through the barn,

And come back with a brick

At the silvery glass,

I throw and then kick

 

The pieces all scatter,

And smash on the floor

As a roar can be heard,

From the rafters and more

 

A fire has started,

The hay loft ablaze

With bats in the air,

The demon has 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 that now fan

 

“A Rosary upon you,

Return to your cave

My faith is restored,

—my sins he forgave”

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)

 

 

Spirit Runs

 

I write from a place

that’s old, endowed

 

With brass left tarnished

and cobwebs spun

 

All time unsheltered,

where thoughts conceive

 

The truth reborn,

—and spirit runs

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 11th, 2017 08:51
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  • orchidee

    Good write. I don't follow the Rosary part personally, I mean, in my own life.

    • Kurt Philip Behm

      Thanks. The Grandmother's promise/gift was the Rosary beads with the cross.

    • WriteBeLight

      Great job Kurt. Very visual as well 🙂

    • SorrowfullyHappy

      well written im not much into religion myself but still great write

    • Jessie

      Good write, interesting story. This was one of the best poems I've read in a while.

      • Kurt Philip Behm

        Thanks, Jessie. That's very kind of you.

        Kurt



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