Death was invented
when life tired of the living
Eternity flexing
—the muscles of time
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
Death was invented
when life tired of the living
Eternity flexing
—the muscles of time
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
Where do those lives go
when a cat doesn’t use them
Where do memories go
when no one can recall
Where do wishes go
when hope is abandoned
Where do lovers go
—when the love is gone
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)
Expect good things
the moment breathes
Your fear abandoned
the darkness leaves
When least expected
the current calls
Tomorrow waiting
—beyond the falls
(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)
Reality pregnant
gestation released
Facts have been fathered
new mothers beseeched
The door to tomorrow
swings only one way
Birthing conception
—redemption belayed
(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)
What, who, or where
the sages portend
What, who, or where
the shamans belie
What, who, or where
the scholars defend
What, who, or where
—not questioning why
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
The only time we escape
the jungle
—is in self delusion
(State College Pennsylvania: November, 1970)
Through a distant awareness
all eyes unmasked
The answers vacant
and fading fast
The horizon changes
from front to back
All reasons caught
within its trap
Time despondent
its seconds tear
Whose reign dethroned
inception near
The weight uprooted
a seedless fruit
The past, tomorrow
—and present moot
(Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: November, 2022)
The older the prophecy
—the more desperate we hang on
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
To live non-affirming
to live not at all
To hide in the shadows
and creep down the hall
To live uncommitted
new doubts to contend
All time intermittent
repressed till the end
To live without friendship
alone on the rock
A wandering echo
reflections that mock
To live undecided
with doubt your best friend
a future derided
—the present pretend
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
Death was invented
when life tired of the living
Eternity flexing
—the muscles of time
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)