A man loses his father
and adulthood begins
Bathwater draining
the baby within
A son who is sireless
new destiny’s child
Whose choice is to run
or to stand and beguile
Alone with his memories
one image sustains
The voice but a whisper
its spirit reclaimed
To carry the title
his lineage holds
A surname retendered
—new history untold
(The New Room: July, 2023)
Truth is not an absolute
but an attitude of commitment
Throwing its blanket decidedly
over questioning and doubt
Paying deference to the moment
while blessing its intention
Choices made and choices bade
—verbatim roundabout
(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)
Rejected by parents
forsaken alone
One choice left to make
forever to roam
The cost ever paying
their wages of sin
Steps of abandonment
traipsing within
To beg or to borrow
the future on loan
The price of tomorrow
each moment unknown
With fate chasing after
both fortune and shame
A waif born to wander
—in search of a name
(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)
Crossing a line
to do the right thing
Truth staring back
—the mirror is king
(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)
Buying tomorrow
one day at a time
Each moment invested
in freedom sublime
The future remortgaged
all lien holders paid
The past earning interest
—on fortune today
(The New Room: July, 2023)
All possibility is endless
in time
Extending the moment
—forever defined
(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)
Asking for your support
not your agreement
I looked into your eyes
Seeing rejection
your stare blank and cold
our connection was untied
Your words became hollow
your touch nondescript
new distance did we share
Alone while together
the ending in sight
—finality laid bare
(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)
Damning two lies
with only one truth
Deception remixes
like gin and vermouth
Jumping from one
as the other got hot
Port in the storm
where perdition is fraught
Grace in short order
with blessings denied
Thomas redoubting
all faith circumscribed
Prevarication
twin sister of pain
The Word caught between them
—trapped to remain
(The New Room: July, 2023)
Travel …
strange bedfellows
made of us all
Crossing
the threshold
hesitancy stalls
Calling us
forward
the moment attacked
Hiding
our fortunes
—the future on track
(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)
Reblessing the virtues
that time can’t bestow
Heaven awakens
a world far below
The sinner is sainted
the prophet a king
Words join in prayer
as eternity sings
The order reorders
from many comes one
Voices uniting
in breath zero sum
Moments rechristen
epiphany reigns
Fruition is sating
—in His holy name
(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)
An Anthology Of Perception 