Early Christian Anchorite

Poem by Rosemary Mathew

'Where in this cankered earth can peace be found?' | Photo: by Andriyko Podilnyk via Unsplash

To escape this world’s contagion, I will go
Forth to the wilderness and build me there
A shelter; or a cave find in the hills.
Thus will I loose myself from Satan’s ills.

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