The Inward Man Poem by Steven Federle

The Inward Man



Day after day the outward man crumbles and breaks down, and the inward man is born and grows in wisdom and knowledge. Thomas Merton

Leaf-bare,
swaying, slave
to the storm, I wait
for the gale
to drive me down,
dismember me
scatter my shattered limbs
across winter's ground,

while deep inside
my cambrian core
life persists!

I'll survive.

Beyond my limit
I will arise!

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Steven Federle

Steven Federle

Cincinnati Ohio
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