St. Martin’s University Poem (College Poetry)

*St. Martin’s University*

Patrons give in the honor of something immense,
A faith or a love; both something intense,
Before Saints are carried off into the past tense:

If it’s the heart where it all must end,
Then it’s the heart where we all must start.

Kings of Hearts are crowned by what’s said,
How they walked, then Kings are led
To Queens’ dizzy love—off with their heads,

Because if the heart is where it must end,
Then it’s a heart where we must begin.

They swoon at the Gala, tied to the nines,
They go to be romanced—in Wine & Dines,
A heart that is beating is a face that shines

For if the heart is where it must end,
Then it’s the heart where all we must start.

St. Martin of Tours believed in the cures
For a weakened heart—that’s poor & endures
The pain inside but the gain of love lures

If it’s the heart where it all must end,
Then it’s the heart where all we must start.

Saints study Christ and Think with the Heart,
One that chooses love is sorted as smart,
Love has brought us here so it’s how we’ll depart,

If it’s the heart where this all must end,
Then mending a heart is where we shall begin.

From Alma Mater Vol. 3: The West
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