o Light / within our flesh (Didgeman / Pixabay.com)

a voice 

     announced greetings

to your young heart     

then    

the message

     troubling with mystery...

your word allowed  

letting the Giver give



now



o Light

within our flesh

Sr. Lou Ella Hickman’s poems have appeared in numerous magazines and journals as well as three anthologies. She was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2017. Her first book of poetry entitled she: robed and wordless was published in 2015 (Press 53).

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