J. Culain Fripp is an Asheville, NC native who now lives in Geneva, Switzerland. Over 25 years dedicated to traveling, working, observing and reflecting on life in conflict and crisis-affected environments, internal and external, he has returned time and again to poetry as a journalistic practice. He graduated from Warren Wilson College and the University of Maryland, College Park, and is married with two children.
Absolution
Lonely resolution
Here in the empty cathedral
Bats roost above the dusty altar
Cool water on my fingertips
All-healing single blessing
Candles flicker in the breath
Through the cracked doors of the past
Voice speaks from the gloom
Solitary presence among the pews
“Leave it”