Would I trade the words…
  would I trade for a song

Would I trade the words…
  for a life ever long

Would I trade the words…
  for a pulpit on high

Would I trade the words…
  for the moon and the sky

Would I trade the words…
  for immortality insured

Would I trade the words…
  for your love still unheard

Would I trade the words…
  for all fortune and fame

Would I trade the words
  —would my soul then remain

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)