by Teresa Burleson

My Pursuer is
Untiring,
Unswerving,
Undying.
Nothing deters
This most persistent
Of all suitors.
This unruly heart,
So prone to stray,
Shall no longer
Withstand Him.
This Gentleman Caller
Is not to be spurned.
The Light unapproachable
Is now
The Light indwelling me.

A free-lancer for over 40 years, Teresa Burleson has credits in over 45 magazines. In 2002, she received the National League of American Pen Women Virginia Liebeler Biennial Grant for Mature Women in the letters category. She is the author of The Pilgrim’s Lyre, published in 2003 and Rose Without Thorns, published in 2013.