1. Then
Saul always hasd some problem with his eyes,
and certain truths too far for him to see,
as when he watches Stephen (as he dies
beneath a storm of stones hurled furiously).
2. Now
Years hence: Christian, the Apostle Paul returns
to that same ground where lingers a sad link
to his dark past. In noon's glare, he discerns
strewn stones, once blood red, but now gold-flecked pink.
Starward
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