Who among us
will write at the end
Who among us
the last to contend
Who among us
will capture goodbye
Who among us
won’t wither then die
Who among us
will stare it all down
Who among us
our destiny found
Who among us
will proffer the word
Who among us
demand to be heard
Who among us
will write the last song
Who among us
—will bridge the beyond
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Busted Flat …
Poetic busking
the white lines advancing
A voice on the asphalt
the rubber — the road
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
The Heaviest Silence
Oh, to be cursed
with the burden of truth
Without the propensity
—to speak it out loud
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Shave the devil naked
get that tail between his legs
Leave him bald and impotent
all passion left in dregs
Fleece this vile pestilence
in the flames his fate ensnared
Shear what he embraces most
— temptations curse laid bare
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
A laughingstock of history …
America right now
Fifty years of turning left
leading further down
Words alone can’t fix it
so little time remains
Freedom anything but free
—with liberty in flames
(The New Room: December, 2023)
If your heart
stops
Does consciousness
die
What life
connected
Can
death untie
Forever
a concept
As still
unproved
No one
to comment
Who’s left
—the room
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Religion
is the death of God
conscripting Him away
Cloaked in false
propriety
enlightenment at bay
Religion
is the death of God
scriptures to mislead
All piety
a false disguise
worshipping the creed
Religion
is the death of God
whose armies rage and burn
Killing
in the name of One
—whose love they claim to yearn
(The New Room: December, 2023)
The tension between
two disparate answers
Reinvents the question
—rebirthing the truth
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Paint in your heart
the colors symphonic
Images dancing
each note brushed with fire
Clapping and cheering
rhythmatic ovations
The prisms last opus
—concerto’s desire
(Septa R5: December, 2023)
Forget the past
—and the future is lost
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Gauntlet Of Time
Calling me forward
taking me back
Promising nothing
stepping over the cracks
A doorway awaits
threshold of pain
Whose entrance is crumbling
—to cross heaven gained
(Villanova University: December, 2023)
Over The Rainbow
No difference between
good and bad
when eyes
are caught between
What matters most
and matters least
the treasure
—sight unseen
(Villanova University: December, 2023)
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