Last night
as the sun went down
I heard the highway call
Distant echoes
soul astir
the leaves not quite yet fall
Last night
that voice cried out again
from places far away
And like before
my feet unsure
—of what my heart will say
(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)
The blackest hole
of poetic intent
Light spinning inward
no chance of escape
Eluding the eyes
collapsing the meaning
Time in dilation
direction opposed
Energy waning
one word is emitted
Superpositioned
—the last dying star
(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)
Writing a torrent
hoping for one
Words are endemic
tide zero-sum
(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)
The poetry of mathematics
—modernity’s pox
(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)
Making eternity
out of a moment
Escaping
the pretense of time
Beginnings
and endings
Falling away
in one enduring rhyme
Making eternity
bend to my will
An Angel
comes to dance
Wings on fire
Horae’s lyre
The instant christened
—another chance
(The New Room: June, 2023)
Greed
the harbinger
of loves rejection
The Mirror
once cracked
—its image maligned
(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)
As a poet it pays
to travel around
And visit new words
in verse still unfound
The time and the place
you hold in your hand
To barter the truth
as beauty withstands
As a poet it’s wise
to cross every line
To scale every mountain
with peaks still to climb
The muse of a traveler
when strange and unknown
Your spirit set free
—the horizon your home
(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)
24 hours
alone with myself
the road goes on and on
24 hours
in my own space
exemption rides along
24 hours
eternity breached
its imagery returns
24 hours
tomorrow today
whose light forever burns
24 hours
becoming undone
the parts fall back in place
24 hours
the wind at my back
withdrawing from the race
24 hours
a voice calls my name
in birth year reverie
24 hours
my soul to reclaim
in what was meant to be
24 hours
Kerouac damned
a false reflection shown
24 hours
each road sign that calls
direction out on loan
24 hours
the moment reframed
once lost but now refound
24 hours
24 lifetimes
—inward outward bound
(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)
Above party
Above caste
Above station
Above place
Above state
Above nation
Above riches
Above race
And the reasons
And excuses
And the grief
And the shame
And the guilt
And the sanctions
And the blood
And the stain
Beyond language
Beyond history
Beyond reason
Beyond fate
Beyond now
Beyond later
Beyond love
—beyond hate
(The New Room: June, 2023)
Tapering to a point
time pierces the veil
Unharvested moments
a gardener’s tale
Dug from the furrows
a voice has been freed
Whose final word spoken
—eternity’s seed
(Septa R5: June, 2023)
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