It lives
in the margins
betwixt and between
Visible
yet fleeting
a light once unseen
When reaching
to touch
its magic forestalls
Lost to that
moment
— posterity calls
(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)
It lives
in the margins
betwixt and between
Visible
yet fleeting
a light once unseen
When reaching
to touch
its magic forestalls
Lost to that
moment
— posterity calls
(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)
You can only hope
that death provides
what’s sorely lacking
what life denies
You can only hope
that death will bring
the end of Winter
— unending Spring
(The New Room: December, 2024)
There are truths in disguise
but only one truth
Between Heaven and Hell
— time hides the difference
(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)
The story of revolution
the glory of Che
The fury of wander
a doctor’s foray
Silver spoon of his birth
the high noon of choice
A tune peasants cling to
that force in his voice
Daring insurrection
then falling from grace
Each stalling acceptance
a rebel’s embrace
His legend in khaki
a friend to the weak
Unbending in spirit
— both joyous and bleak
(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)
Winning the
war
Winning the
peace
Divided by
victory
Joined in
— defeat
(The New Room: December, 2024)
Did you go
to the gym
the Poet asked
Or just write
weakened
the verse untasked
The vowels and
consonants
stay unflexed
With words
atrophic
— their muscles vexed
(The New Room: December, 2024)
Your voice
becomes a shadow
breathless
aft the fall
Whose words
deform in Satan’s grace
speechless
— yet they call
(Dreamsleep: 12-19-2024)
I stray
on purpose
my will
redeemed
When left
of center
to swim
upstream
Against
the grain
my future
hides
On roads
less traveled
past times
— divide
(The New Room: December, 2024)
The ending
hard
The ending
mean
Your future
soiled
But memory
clean
Your back bent
over
Your steps
misplaced
Your speech
a murmur
But one
last ace …
A Robin
sits
Upon your
arm
And sings
of times
Forgotten
charm
And takes
your last
Begotten
breath
Upon its
wings
To fates
— regret
(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)
Fearing
that day
when the
music stops
My steps
remeasure
my soul
takes stock
Rueing
that moment
when time
is gone
My tea
resweetens
all words
— in song
(The New Room: December, 2024)