Hatchlings

The Rev. Canon Dr. James M. McPherson

 

         tottering

in all except resolve

those who’ve only known

the inner life of egg

        begin

their sandy trek

 

as if in embryo

they’d sensed

the breakers’

far off pounding

          beckoning

to stake their lives on life

 

© the Revd Jim McPherson

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