Now Heaven Shone

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At eighteen,

 I thought that I could write my way to heaven

 I’d waltz right in, announce my name, and sit

 down on its throne

 

At twenty-five,

 I sat in jail to rot in isolation

 my freedom gone, my will deformed,

 but worst of all alone

 

At thirty-five,

 I thought that I could write my way to riches

 the screenplay bombed, all doors were closed,

 and wounds there freshly mined

 

At forty-eight,

 I met a man who told me I was lost

 “By Looking Out The Words Won’t Come,

 Your Truth You’ll Never Find…”

 

By fifty-five,

 my path was set—all trails converged as one

 the entrance closed, the exit marked,

 a road of denser stone

 

By sixty-eight,

 all verse within, the lines reset to music

 the darkness gone, my words set free

   —all light now heaven shone

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)

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Published by Kurt Philip Behm

I am a lifelong author with 21 books published to date—one best seller. Much of my writing is about the deception of time and its many disguises. My Poetry 'An Anthology Of Perception,' is now available in four volumes. In addition I have a 175 page Poem 'After Midnight,' that was published in 2014. My Historical Fiction series, 'The Sword Of Ichiban' is now up to volume 8 which is being published this Spring ... Vol #1- The Sword Of Ichiban Vol #2- Darkening Sun Vol #3- Revenge Along The War Trail Vol #4- Death From The Sky Vol #5- Jumping Into the Darkness Vol #6- The Fall City Mandate. Vol #7- Approaching Storm Vol #8- Brothers In Blood One autobiographical novel, 'The Death Of The Playground' a Best Seller, published in 2007. One travel novel, 'Searching For Crazy Horse,' published in 2005, recapping my forty years of motorcycle touring in the American Rocky Mountain West. I have written one Children's Book, 'Sammy & Bumpers' that was published in 2016. All of my books are available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and better Book Stores world wide. Kurt Philip Behm

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