Poem January 15, 1996 ISSUE

Not crime/not time

June McCleneghan Fowler

I have never been held on any death row,Never been imprisoned in a cellblock so;Nor am I a human storage binOf wrath or fear, disease or sin,Sentenced to die by earthly law or medical decree—I am God's man, His image, wholly freeOf error's ways or ill desire,Not mortal selfhood set on fireBy evil thrust. And sinceI am God's child, I mustReflect Him in joy, health, harmony,With no hint of hatred, lust, mortality.

This revelation of true selfhood,Regenerating thought, loved, lived, and proved,Restores my innate purity, aligns me with immortal good,Empowers me, heals, is God—Life—approved.

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