Pope Francis

A humble man from the City of Good Air

Lead his flock during the riots of December.

The second John Paul replaced his vestments with red.

When the Cooperator of Truth resigned

He was chosen to wear the Papal mitre.

Being the humble man

Being the man of God

Being a servant to the people

He rejected the palace of apostles

To live as a guest of God.

He rejected well embroidered vestments and robes

For simple attire.

He rejected the gold

For a fisher’s ring

To become the fisher of men

Preaching peace and love.

Neither Marxist

Nor Capitalist

He redirected his church

With the shepheard’s crook

Bringing the lamb to focus on deeper issues.

68. Constantine and the New Hope

Rome’s dress was in tatters.

Her once beautiful face emaciated

With hunger and strife.

The emperors treated her terribly

As they lavished her with gold and jewelry.

A warrior arose to save her.

Exchanging metal chest plate

For the robes of an emperor.

He had a new vision for her

Coming from the battlefield.

“Conquer by this”

Said the voice of the crossed sun

At the Milvian Bridge.

What once was persecuted was exalted and things went well.

He picked the sickly Rome up,

Flushed the moths away and sewed her dress back together.

Adorning the empire with her new symbols

He gathered men

To write a book

Uniting Jew and Christian

Through story and tradition.

On his deathbed

He was welcomed into the new religion

With water.