Lineage Holds

July 14, 2023

A man loses his father

and adulthood begins

Bathwater draining

the baby within

A son who is sireless

new destiny’s child

Whose choice is to run

or to stand and beguile

Alone with his memories

one image sustains

The voice but a whisper

its spirit reclaimed

To carry the title

his lineage holds

A surname retendered

—new history untold

(The New Room: July, 2023)

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