by Teresa Burleson

Slipping past
All our defenses,
The Invader is here.
The Owner has come
For what is His.
Here is the beachhead.
The battle begins
As the All-Powerful
Makes Himself powerless.
A child is born.

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.