How do you feel
Was it a bubble
Was it revelation
Spirit or embryo
Both stir the same bowel
Both life changing
Both everlasting
Heartbeat
You can’t conjure life
Yet cast upon your mother’s breast
Suffering and joy. That is not your own.
Can you kill a spirit
Can you kill a not-yet-breath
Can you kill a faith
You should be crucified for such a thought
And yet you were
And yet you are
And still
you will be
Which side of eternity
Will you have to endure
They say
There is forgiveness
Do you feel forgiveness?
They say it defines a life
They say it refines the work
They say it reminds you
Of the wrong thing
Yes
Forgiveness is the wrong thing
No matter how you feel
Cindy Koch 