Poetry
Baptism
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1 min readJul 4, 2020
A gowned, reverent arrival.
Sudden submersion.
Earnest supplication.
Cleansing away 12 months of transgressions. 57 years of misdeeds.
The sensation is ever the same— remorse, acceptance, joy.
A new beginning; a virginal season of hope and light.
She rises. Redeemed. Reborn.
And cannonballs in again.
© Tina L. Smith, 2020
