We dare not talk

of love

Time has robbed us 

of its spark

 

Ever since when

to forever and then

We live in its shadow

— holding hands in the dark

 

(Poems Of Love: February, 2026)

Infidels Mourn

 

Fools gamble

cowards ramble

but wise men ponder

 

Alone in a crowd

 silent out loud

 a sage to wander

 

Through pathways of old

with proverbs untold

he seeks transcendence

 

As time is reborn

and infidels mourn

— his soul’s quintessence    

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

 

  

Never And Always

 

A man’s ambition

should never

exceed his worth

 

A man’s ego

should never

invade his soul

 

A man’s fury

should never

exceed his cause

 

A man’s reasons

should always

— defy excuse

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

 

 

 This Present

 

Have you ever been

to yesterday

in search of tomorrow

False notions

that frame our thoughts

with despair

The past a deception

in search of

new victims

The future a myth

in this present

— we share

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

 

 

Do images

free language

or a metaphor

to note

Whose words embrace

unmarried grace

that lives    

beyond the rote

Can you espouse

that suitor’s vow

with kindnesses

unsaid

Time’s betrayal

a cuckold’s bond

with prescience

— left unwed

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

Damsel in

distress

Virtue

to redress

Reputation

scorned

Honor

most forlorn

 

On the field

we face

Lances

and a mace

Blood to burnish

clean

Lies

— that death redeems

 

(Rhymes From The Nursery: February, 2026)

Two plus two equals four

— everywhere but the Halls of Congress

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

A step ahead

of Satan

a lifetime

on the run

A pitchfork in

my rearview

the outlook

zero sum

My energy

depleting

my feet begin

to slow

His flames are

hot upon me

my fingers

start to glow

The years I’ve spent

and wasted

the loved one’s

in my wake

Their memory in

the ashes

Gehenna

— is my fate

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

My Rosary

— my life

 

(The First Book Of Prayers: February, 2026)

Once

you force

all existence

into this moment

 

You will

understand the

difference between life

— and its living

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

Love’s Goodbye

 

Those who ask

no questions

offer the greatest

comfort

 

Those who speak

inscriptive

tell the biggest

lies

 

Those who pledge

no fealty

to themselves

dishonor

 

Those who bear

no greetings

doomed to love’s

— goodbye

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

 

Misfortune Contrives

 

It’s in fashion

to wear

your heart

on your sleeve

 

A French poet

alarmed

that love may

deceive

 

Bleeding a wound

that

misfortune

contrives

 

Alone

in deception

your love

— circumcised  

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

 

Epiphany Of Time

 

Once

you wrap

all existence

into this moment

 

You will

understand the

difference between life

— and its living

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

Flying above

the syntax

grammarians 

far below

 

Lost in paradigms

yet to form

Hermes to

forego

 

You consummate

your writing

as you reach that

final rung

 

The lines you wrote

by faith alone

sing out now

zero-sum

 

Your editor

rejected

your publisher

is spurned

 

The words demand

a new command

of what you’re still

— to learn

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2026)