The prisoner that you saved (Jessica Fishburn)

I built it up

I tore it down

In the ruins

I heard a sound

Sweet Agatha

I heard it say

I said, not I,

That’s not my name

But I’m the

Earthquake

Don’t you know?

I’m the cave

Where children

Go

I’m the island

Where you prayed

I’m the prisoner

That you saved

--Jessica Fishburn,

printed by permission of the author

(Poem inspired by the story of St. Agatha)

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