David Given Schwarm

“Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them, and the way we know that he remains in us is from the Spirit that he gave us.”‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭24‬ ‭NABRE‬‬

At Sixty-Five It was all so different than he expected. For years he’d been agnostic; now, he meditated. For years he’d dreamed of being an artist living abroad; now he reread Baudelaire, Emerson, and Bishop. He’d never considered marriage . . . Still, a force through green did fuse. Yes, he wore his pants looser.  No, he didn’t do crosswords in bed. No, he…

You are not thirsty.