I Answered Back Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

I Answered Back



As I lay dying
there were no regrets,
... because I answered back

From all beginnings
to every distant end,
... I answered back

Not waiting for any higher calling
or mystery on the wind,
... I answered back

Before the questions, even after the
secrets,
... I answered back

I shouted in voices of my own becoming,
and you forgave me for every one,
... and answered back too

Spreading your wings
eternal,
...inviting me to climb on

Pointing me toward the
heavens,
...for one last ride

Where I hold on triumphant,
listening to you announce into forever,
... those things I've said

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May,2011)

Friday, December 23, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: freedom
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Close
Error Success