Are your words personal or objective,
that great divide
The second has all the letters present
…except ‘I’
(Dreamsleep: September, 2021)
Are your words personal or objective,
that great divide
The second has all the letters present
…except ‘I’
(Dreamsleep: September, 2021)
Do you draw on the facts
or color with bias
Blurring the truth
—your head in the sand
(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)
Silent but deadly,
the judgment of eyes
One look as your warning,
intensity cries
When meant for you only,
all others to miss
The glare in the staring
—unholiest tryst
(Wind River Canyon Wyoming: September, 2021)
To achieve a great victory,
you must forgive a great sin
Blood of the innocent,
death to begin
The voices of children,
our enemy’s shield
As bombs have no conscience
—till darkness to yield
(Bryn Mawr College: September, 2021)
Twelve notes…
that’s all there are
to captivate and swoon
Mozart
and/or Elton John
—July the same as June
(The New Room: September, 2021)
Tearing at the roots
of what life is about,
science strips us bare
To wilt in description,
formulaic interred
—ivy walls that snare
(The New Room: August, 2021)
Ectopic Wanderings
Born far from where
I was supposed to be,
nearer to the end
I chased the beginning
throughout my life
—forever going home
(Red Lodge Montana: September, 2021)
18kt Memories
I’ll wear a Rolex
once I’m dead,
as accolades surround
The past what’s left
of what was right,
buried in the ground
Beneath my dreams
above my hope,
one wish to tell the tale
Of life now lived
with death in charge
—new gold among the shale
(Ouray Colorado: September, 2021)
As Darkness Fell…
I got in the door
when no one was looking
and stayed
as the world looked away
I crashed every feeling
borrowing dreams
awake
in the afternoon’s mourning
(Ely Nevada: September, 2021)
Together Alone
Wisdom and love
in conflict they wed
to sleep through the darkness
—alone in the same bed
(Gardiner Montana: September, 2021)
Rent To Own
Once you move past
the imagery and symbols
vision stays constant
—connection secure
(Thermopolis Wyoming: September, 2021)
Saying goodbye to all that’s past,
tomorrow slipped away
The moment cherished, the instant pure
—living for today
(Dubois Wyoming: September, 2021)
Searching for ideas
necessary to our existence
from legends
We challenge
the future
—with voices from the past
(Rock Springs Wyoming: September, 2021)
Tomorrow in the barn,
today is at rest
A horse running free
—creation reset
(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)