A man

is not what

he wants to be

but what he has to be

 

A dream

no longer

the dreamers

leaving our sleep undreamed

 

A vow

no longer

a promise

when fidelity has died

 

And trust

no longer

sacred

— when intent becomes a lie

 

__________

 

The Past

 

I lost you to love

you left me for dead

Before moving on

and leaving our bed

 

That dream that we shared

no longer alive

The present imperfect

— the past but a lie

 

________

 

 

The Baby’s Bathwater

 

The worst form

of delusion

is self-delusion

 

The worst form

of denial

denying what’s felt

 

The worst form

of deception

is self-deception

 

The worst form

of rejection

— rejecting the self 

 

________

 

 

Shoo

 

Those who can …

do

Those who can’t …

mime

 

Go paint your face

for one who cares

As blissfully

— I rhyme

 

________

 

 

Doomed To Repeat

 

Crying about

the effects of war

will never stop

or prevent them

 

Evil inside

the human mind

 violence births

its fatal intention

 

The best laid plans

a pathway to hell

 devoid of

any action

 

Asleep at the switch

its gene still in place

to surface again

— in greed’s superfaction  

 

________

 

Endure

 

Disagree

without being

disagreeable

 

Resist

without burning

it down

 

Commit

without being

a fanatic

 

Endure

without wearing

— a frown

 

(The New Room: July, 2026)

 

 

Our Best Intent

 

Crucibles

of power

Melting

right from wrong

Cathedrals

of our best intent

Benediction’s

— song

 

********

 

Unto The Word

 

Testify

when all else fails

Testify

stay on the rails

Testify

from deep desire

Testify

your heart on fire

Testify

when hope seems gone

Testify

your voice belongs

Testify

the children wait

Testify

the moment late

Testify

the verse resounds

Testify

the pledge profound

Testify

temptation burns

Testify

on what you’ve learned

Testify

unto the Word

Testify

— His blessing heard

 

********

 

Exposed

 

If you’re a

 cult figure

take off

your mask

 

Let the crowd

see you

the hard

and the fast

 

There

lies transcendence

only there

will they see

 

The truth

you’ve been hiding

exposed

— and set free

 

********

 

Lack Of Delivery

 

You say

the right things

Never doing

what’s right

 

Your words

and your actions

Divorced

woebegone

 

Intention

an orphan

If born

out of wedlock

 

The lack

of delivery

when stillborn

— is gone

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2026)

 

 

 

 

Plus Or Minus

 

Is it a strength

or a weakness

not to know

when it’s over

 

Is it positive

or negative

the result

— zero sum

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2026)

 

Divinity’s Harvest

 

The mills of God

grind slowly

The grist of

— Heaven’s delight

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2026)

 

Springing Forth

 

Leaving the last

of our verses unfinished

With lines unwritten

for others to plead

A poem of hope

springs forth from the shadows

Where statements are doubted

— and wonder believed

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2026)

  

Waiting For The Wind

Sails

 unhoisted

Folded

they wait

For wind

to unfurl them

As horizons 

— conflate

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2026)

  

Rushing Past

 

Placing

a period on time

And a stop sign

on creation

We dally in place

— spitting into the wind

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2026)

 

New Voices

 

Itinerant

air

Sacred in its

wandering

Searching for

new voices

Divorced

— from the wind

 

(Mariahan Memories: July, 2026)

 

Why & Where

 

We are here

who knows why

And we go

— who knows whither

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2026)