Foothills

The physics

of metaphysics …

the part I like the best

Where symbols yearn

as planets turn

—new twigs to build the nest

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

A Picture

Imagery and symbols

are worth a thousand words

Why poetry is lauded

but prose routinely heard

To paint each word intrinsic

as dawn brush strokes the day

Each verse leaves time uncanvassed

—mortality at bay

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

To Heaven And Back

If birds couldn’t fly

they wouldn’t sing

The world would stop spinning

and bells wouldn’t ring

Wings are their freedom

the sky their excuse

To heaven and back

—all hearts are infused

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

The Road Less Traveled

Does the truth

of the world

lie in common

experience

Mathematics

and philosophy

forever

say no

Innovation

and discovery

fight shared

understanding

One should always

be wary

or forever

—forgo

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

Bearing False Witness

Death by omission

death by nature

Where evil misleads

—deception grows

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

Lock Step

Poets

miming

poets

The blind

leading

the blind

Mud

stirring up

from the bottom

Concealing

a likeness

—in kind

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

Virgin Dreams

Creating something

as yet undiscovered

Consciousness battles

—as memory attacks

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

Prisoner Of Language

Will time live eternal

or just its retelling

A prisoner of language

whose paradox mined

Dimension in contrast

ill-fated contrition

To look but not touch

—and hope they align

(Rosemont College: December, 2023)

Through A Vacuum

Biologically tethered

time is the demon

Your flesh and your blood

by nature defined

Each tic of the clock

your heart beats in cadence

Dogmatic in method

caught up in the brine

What if your consciousness

took a leap forward

Abandoning reference

erasing the lines

Polarity exits

its jail through a vacuum

Releasing reversing

—becoming sublime

(Rosemont College: December, 2023)

Starting Over

Dig up the foundation

requestion each premise

Wade through the bathwater

the baby must go

A leap when it’s quantum

still subject and object

Fly out of the portal

—rejecting what’s known

(Rosemont College: December, 2023)

When understanding dies

—blood is all we have

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

Tasting like music

each word marches on

Out of the vacuum

flavored in song

The future parades

on both sides of the bridge

The band denied entry

so close to the edge

The toll taker muted

arms point to the sky

Pedestrians hover

and wait to get by

Guide wires of silence

restrung play adieu

When the drum major signals

—it’s safe to come through

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

Can you go crazy

without language

madness unclear

Can you reason

without dialog

or words for your fears

Can you think

without symbols

progress undefined

Can you tie it

together

—without names in your mind

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

The entropy of life

— is shame

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

The message complex …

your form should be simple

A carrier pigeon

no longer confined

Direct and straight forward

the fault lines will rupture

The magma exploding

—forever to find

(The New Room: December, 2023)

Some people write

 poetically

And some write

poetic prose

Both front and rear gates

lead back to a garden

To harvest

—what is grown

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

It’s always dark

—until you open your eyes

(The New Room: December, 2023)

Most of us learn

to live with our demons

Seeing them coming

hearing their call

More in the night

when silence is running

Taking their place

to hide in the hall

Most of us learn

to live with our fears

More real when imagined

the images churn

Once they’re inside us

denial forsaken

To wed the dark moments

—whose effigy’s burn

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)