Birthrights In Limbo Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

Birthrights In Limbo



In the beginning …
the past and future
were orphans
Lost in a silence
unnamed until
spoken
Waiting in anticipation
their birthrights
in limbo
The present expanding
its moment
—christened free

(The New Room: June,2023)

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