these lasting traces shall not leave or ’part
from this strife-stricken boy, whose older eyes,
face stubbled, poetry and tendered heart
have always sought the Sun of Truth, Whose rise
out of a black pit brought again the Light
for this Day, here, to build the Kingdom as
by through the Gate unto that blazing bright
Glory of God, the Promised One at last.
11/17/2015
Durban