CONVICTION

CONVICTION (For Dr. Spangler)

My light will not go out –
My song will not be still –
My soul will not be compromised –
Not mine – be done Thy will.

A poem came in my dream –
A book of luminance –
The title was an epithet –
The author was a Prince.

My weakness is a gift –
My struggle is a veil –
We are protected by our faults
From unforeseen travail.

(18 November 2009, Pleasant Grove, Utah)