Not Before

Say what you will or wont
  but do as you pray

Bleed as you will in the night
  but carry the day

Take as your conscience directs
  but give all you can

Return when the fighting is done
   —but not before then

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)

        A Final Amen

Through critical discussion
  he walked in the night

And passed all the doubters
  embracing their fright

After giving it once,
  he gave forever again

For that bigger than him
  —and that final amen

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)