The clearer the speech

the deeper its woven

A spinning wheel threaded

—looming divine

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Beyond the future

you find the past

Hiding in the present

—first and last

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Do you find yourself

under those stones that you’ve thrown

Pummeled with self-hatred

forever alone

 

Looking up in delirium

Goliath parades

Blinding your vision

—a gravesite charade

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Mistake #1

not being heard

 

Mistake #2

explaining the words

 

Mistake #3

a phrase zero-sum

 

Mistake #4

mistake #1

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

 

Regretting a dream

…Folies Bergere

Exhaling the magic

Marseille in despair

Seeking forgiveness

Vive Champs elysees

Mimes feigning answers

Montmartre chardonnay

 

(Café de La Paix: December, 1979)

Too fat, too thin

to fly

Too rich, too poor

to buy

Too lost, too found

to try

Too young, too old

to die

 

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Death was invented

when life tired of the living

Eternity flexing

—the muscles of time

 

(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)

 

Where do those lives go

when a cat doesn’t use them

Where do memories go

when no one can recall

Where do wishes go

when hope is abandoned

Where do lovers go

—when the love is gone

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)

 

Expect good things

the moment breathes

Your fear abandoned

the darkness leaves

 

When least expected

the current calls

Tomorrow waiting

—beyond the falls

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Reality pregnant

gestation released

Facts have been fathered

new mothers beseeched

 

The door to tomorrow

swings only one way

Birthing conception

—redemption belayed

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)