A Crown For A Creed Poem by Majd Saab

My world was once built on a shifting of sand,
A fortress of whispers I held in my hand.
I guarded its gates and I prayed they would hold,
A story of love that was growing so old.

But I traded that crown for a different kind of prize,
In the service of others, with new, open eyes.
I wore a new symbol, a promise, a creed,
A red cross of healing for a desperate need.

So if you should wonder how I finally grew,
And let go the ghost of a yesterday's you,
Know that a new purpose showed me the light,
And led me to love in the stillness of night.