Without

the heat 

there is

no light

Amidst

the dark

it hides

in spite

As every

dawn

brings hope

or pain

Its double

edge

in stark

refrain

Unto

each life

some rain

must fall

To wash

the stain

of freedom’s

— pall

(Dreamsleep: August, 2026)

Hell

is wherever

you happen to be

when it keeps you from what you love

Hell

is what you never say

in fear of being

censored by the club

Hell

is where

tomorrow hides

today stripped cold and bare

Hell

is where

your feelings die

— when there’s no one left to care

(The New Room: August, 2026)

Sometimes …

you have to get old

to be young

Sometimes …

you have to step back

to then run

Sometimes …

intention is more

than it seems

Sometimes …

what’s real only comes

— in a dream

(Dreamsleep: August, 2026)

Back when sex was dirty

and the water was clean

Two plus two equaled four

and things were what they seemed

Back when men were men

and women would swoon

Each day a new promise

— fulfilled at high noon

(The New Room: August, 2026)

You have my

vote

But not my

mindset

Where once

engaged

I’ve moved

along

No longer

hooked

On every

soundbite

Big picture

focus

The right

— from wrong

(Dreamsleep: August, 2026)

Wrestling

with big issues

his words

often failed

To meet

the new moment

addressing

his ails

Short

on description

emotion

stripped bare

A hollow

depiction

of feelings

— unshared

(Dreamsleep: August, 2025)

There are only

and always

two kinds of lies …

Ones to deceive

while the others protect

And two kinds of liars

that barter

the truth …

One kneels in shame

— and one genuflects

(Dreamsleep: August, 2026)  

Speak clearly

— tomorrow is listening

(The New Room: August, 2026)

Truth

is invisible

Its effects

are not

To know it

 to live it

Like the wife

of Lot

It hides

in plain sight

In judgment

per se

The air

that’s inside us

Life’s breath

— of our stay

(Dreamsleep: August, 2026)

Somewhere

between

the left

and the right

Truth

is in hiding

diffused

in the light

Somewhere

beyond

what labels

ordain

Veracity

waits

the future

— to claim

(Dreamsleep: August, 2026)