ALLEGIANCE REVISITED

Bobbie Calhoun, 2021

Remember

Allegiance comes

Lips parted

An altar not unlike

Marriage

Suggests itself at first

And then becomes passion

Remember

Faith comes

Fawning

In mountains of guilt

She parts her robes, forgetting her torch and crown

And you rush in

Here in the now of time

I beg you

Stay, stay

The mountain will come to you

But you pull on your hat

Your gloves

You take up your handmade sign

And it is then that I

Realize

I am the one

Who must

Remember

As you walk into the night

And make yourself part of Forever