You may conquer

on horseback

but to rule

must dismount

Pandora

lies waiting

new blood

for the fount

 

Napoleon

Attila

Augustus

afield

The vanquished

in chaos

till order

—congeals

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

Every second

an infinity happens

—in relativity

 

(West Philadelphia: January Archive, 1973)

 

Cosmological constant …

quintessence confounds

Supernovae as mileposts

clear and profound

Addition subtraction

their delta expands

An orphan untethered

—the wind through the sand

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

Republican head

Democrat heart

Mired in conflict

Forever apart

Symbiotic division

Zero Sum in intent

Mutual destruction

—broken not bent

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

A river of Angels

in torrents of Grace

Redemption awaiting

—the delta in place

 

(1^st Book Of Prayers: October, 2023)

Knowledge

Charisma

And

Violence …

The

Triumvirate

Of

Domination …

 

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

Yellowstone waits

for my return

her beauty

caught between

A memory

and its token source

imagined

when unseen

A wishful glance

a haunting breeze

her magnetism

strong

To pull the strings

around my heart

forever

—to belong

 

(Villanova University: October, 2023)

 

 

 

The crux

of a theory

 is in what

it rules out

Clearing

the runways

narrowing

doubt

With the ballast

tossed over

all clouds

disappear

Obstacles

moved …

solutions

are near

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

 

 

Our scars

self-requited

define

who we are

 

The pain

when it’s welcome

embedded

unmarred

 

Each blemish

redeeming

those choices

to blame

 

Absolving

our future

releasing

the shame

 

(‘Searching For Crazy Horse:’ September, 2010)

 

Lost …

in the

dawn

of opportunity

 

Reluctant …

every

message

sublime

 

Uncertain …

with the

answers

unquestioned

 

Forever …

charging

forward

—behind

 

(The New Room: October, 2023)