America’s decline…
war chanted whines
A nation in half
quicksand in our path
Altruism dead
alone in our beds
No one left to blame
—married to our shame
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
America’s decline…
war chanted whines
A nation in half
quicksand in our path
Altruism dead
alone in our beds
No one left to blame
—married to our shame
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
Without time
wonder stops
Questions flounder
barren crops
Without time
motion falls
Beginnings vacant
—endings stalled
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
Time waxes poetic
on a distant battlefield
The warrior a sage
—whose blood we all share
(Dreamsleep: September. 2022)
Losing the election
for doing what’s right
Losing the election
for shedding the light
Losing the election
for standing your ground
Losing the election
for truth honor bound
Losing the election
the battle is lost
Losing the election
—morality’s cost
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
Dawn of the city
sunset of humanity
Light a burning ash
—darkness closing in
(The New Room: September, 2022)
The biggest mistake I ever made…
leaving the place I was going to
Frozen inside a desperate moment
—stolen bartered and gone
(Yellowstone: September, 2022)
Coming from nowhere
destined for anywhere
Each pathway a mantra
—whose footsteps define
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
The shorter the distance
between concept and words
The deeper the impact
—of what’s to be heard
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
Halfway to Tucumcari
the light began to wane
Halfway to Tucumcari
the guilt turned into blame
Halfway to Tucumcari
I heard that voice again
Halfway to Tucumcari
—running from the end
(Chama New Mexico: August, 2022)
Darkness endows the small
and the ordinary
with poetic power
Falling with the fallen
rising with the chosen
Reaching for
forgiveness
—and the absence of pain
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)