My daddy submerges me in the pond behind his No-Sinners-Here Church.

Light penetrates the water, enveloping my soul with truth. A voice, drowning out my father's, speaks. "You are my child, and I will always love you."

I reemerge anew.

"Daddy, I forgive you your sins."

I leave that pond - that church - with my old self scrubbed.

My lover leads me to the meadow where colorful flora burst from the soil.

We lie naked.

Nature hushes, watching our intimacy unfold. Tongues give chase. Starving clits grind. Limbs tangle forming the perfect seal between our bodies.

I am reborn.