Adopting the world

for what it is

The illusion orphaned

—death to begin

 

(Las Vegas: July, 2022)

Ye cursed with too much knowledge,

all fate’s within your grasp

The destiny of all beguiled

entrenched behind your mask

 

To Thee of grace outstanding,

the rose and bud the same

Beginnings end as endings start

assumptions die unclaimed

 

Oh Ye who brave the mountain,

its winds blow far and chill

Each footstep placed a sin erased

the moment frozen still

 

And Ye who share the journey,

all mockingbird’s deboned

Your wisdom marks a trail unseen

—for others to atone

 

(Las Vegas Airport: July, 2022)

 

Ease after torment

delight for a time

 

Pain as a stranger

more fondly in mind

 

Absence entrancing

when courting a knave

 

Sweetest the silence

—where screams did pervade

 

(Las Vegas: July, 2022)

As figures don’t lie

but liars can figure

Right is still right

—and wrong is still wrong

 

(Ronald McDonald House: July, 2022)

It’s definitely maybe possible

that she hated to love me so much

Her affection found everything missing

—and distressed her elation nonplussed

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2022)

 

I sold my memory

for a present reframed

The past in revision

—the future in shame

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2022)

If you ever get to look into the light

—don’t ever look away

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2022)

 

Wannabees always seem to know

who the really tough guys are

Their carriage indefinable

 though marked by every scar

 

The pheromones of conquest

 carried by the chosen few

Who rumble through the tallest grass

—swallowing what they chew

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2022)

Where does insight come from,

where do answers lie

A mockingbird to mimic truth

in streaks across the sky

The echoes of tomorrow

retreat into the past

As crumbs from where it all began

form a new repast

The light belongs to no one

all live within its glow

To claim its brightness title banned

—and lease what can’t be owned

 

(The New Room: July, 2022)

Adventure,

pursuit of awe

—celebration of the unknown

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2022)