There’s no need to confess all—
no matter that a single confession
has been known
to clear the sinus
Still,
I have always felt
that I have much
to prove
and here,
seeking the value of confession,
I confess
that I have proved
so very little
to my father
and to the heart
breaking in my chest
not my own,
but his,
Dad’s heart,
and he and I
are flooded with the blood
of the sons
of the sons
of the sons
of the sons
Yet
it is here
after the flood
I will rebuild
