Can God pass judgment

against himself

 

Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed

their essence the same

 

Faith in the vision, truth at the core

a Trinity expanded

 

Tomato, tomatto, all roads lead to Rome

—His joy forever proclaimed

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)

 

No need to impress

or need to define

what rests deep inside me

within the sublime

 

All praise and all glory

goes to the Lord

immune from false tribute

to free every word

 

Time as the temptress

exposed in His wake

the One and the Only

not early nor late

 

His calling upon me

my arms open wide

to dig up my treasure

—and travel divine

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)

Come to me Achelous

river without tears

Carry me distant

away from my fears

 

Direction is onward

Olympus bestows

 Hermes in orbit

directing the flow

 

At home in your waters

whose currents surpass

Defining my history

from first to the last

 

Your torrent unbridled

the eye of the storm

I drift in your motion

—alive and reborn

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)

80/20

20/80

2+2 is 4

 

You’re part way in

you’re part way out

half full till something more

 

The middle of the center

the jesters

hidden lore

 

Dimension plays

one last charade

—to even up the score

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)

The quietest words

—bring on the storm

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)

 

Blessed is he

—who late becomes young

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)

 

 

A builder of bridges

or defender of borders

An olive branch crossing

or bunkered constraint

The history of man

seems to favor the latter

The future of man

—the first option contains

 

(The New Room: October, 2022)

Life is about suffering

—acceptance brings peace

 

(The New Room: October, 2022)

Wandering in the desert

profanity infused me

Each word like a scorpion

the curses on fire

 

The sand an abrasive

the cactus a warning

The sting of my words

—killing prophet and liar

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2022) 

Immaculate perception

its vision so pure

Beyond all deception

adroitly demurred

A birth without legacy

an orphan unnamed

Judgment abandoned

—redemption proclaimed

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)