The poetry of prayer …

elevation of the self

Every phrase to mark the path

with meanings higher dealt

Each word releases karma

that joy alone can free

The many none — but one the sum

of all that we can be

 

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

“The same as it was

before I arrived …

Some better, some worse

some forever contrived”

 

“With good and with evil

my battle is done

A trumpet plays distant

His will zero sum”

 

A ticket to punch

with time ever slight

The Reaper approaching

and blocking the light

 

An Angel in transit

late for His train

My fate his arrival

or lost to refrain

 

The scythe drawing closer

its blade like an asp

raising in silence   

perdition unmasked

 

But tracks start to rumble

a headlight I see

Saint Peter as promised

—one Angel for me

 

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

Impress

with your meaning

not with your word choice

‘Labyrinth’

dallies

when ‘Mazes’ will do

 

Build

toward an ending

the shorter the better

The Bullet

strikes deepest

—straight fired and true

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2023)

Continue to do

only positive things

Humanity’s outcome

your choices will bring

The darker the cloud

that brings on the rain

The fairer the meadow

—for Spring to reclaim

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2023)

In times of war

law remains silent

All doves in flight

—before the storm

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2023)

Like water  

—Genius—  

always finds a way

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2023)

She was desperately beautiful

terribly sublime

Her breath as sweet as candy cane

her skin just so divine

And when she walked the Angels stopped

to marvel and adore

Her every step a guiding light

her presence to allure

And then one day she took my ring

my name she chose to share

A lifetime of unending bliss

—two hearts forever paired

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2023)

Easier to know others

than knowing myself

Sentience numbing

what in a stranger is felt

Easier to reach out

than to look deep inside

This painfully obvious

—cognition’s divide  

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2023)

Call me darling

but never darlin

Call me lovely

but never cute

Call me warmly

from the snow bank

Call me your

forbidden fruit

 

Call me restless

dreams on fire

Call me once

when twice won’t do

Call my name

into the darkness

Call me

—as I wait for you

 

(Villanova University: September, 2023)

Raging against tomorrow

blaming yesterday

Running in place—admonishing grace

denial on display

Cursing the past indentured

the future waits in vain

No place to hide—the truth inside

the moment left unnamed

 

(The New Room: September, 2023)