To hell with your endorsement,

how false opinion reigns

My words to seek a higher realm

where spirit is reclaimed

 

As critics in a barrel,

the bottom layer is yours

To hum and drum reflected yarn

—self-serving au du jour

 

(The New Room: June, 2022)

It’s not about

your need to hear

but what I need to say

 

The words unbartered

spoken clean

released to have their way

 

They choose their own

intended path

in beelines of advance

 

To scent the air

with every breath

—beyond your circumstance

 

(Saint David’s Pennsylvania: June, 2022)

That day on the ledge

he started to shake

Each memory a tremor

of every mistake

 

The choices made suspect

as nightmares returned

The price of redemption

his destiny spurned

 

Alone and forgotten

his eyes straight ahead

Afraid to look down

where his hopelessness led

 

Each breath getting shorter

his heart beating loud

One step from perdition

one step to enshroud

 

But then in an instant

a voice could be heard

Not friendly or caustic

but rooted and learned

 

“Well jump if you have to

defeat as your crown

Your sins to fall with you

—forgiveness unfound”

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)

Is anyone who’s dead as great

as anyone still living

Is legacy stronger than force of will

within those still alive

 

Can what’s been done command the state

of promise still forthcoming

Is speaking loud beyond the grave

an edict best unheard

 

(The New Room: June, 2022)

Poetic depiction

prosaic description

Vowels come in colors

the rest black and white

 

They call to us orphaned

they call to us nameless

Our pens but a lifeline

that save with each write

 

To romance the serpent

to anger the saint

Each word symptomatic

our feelings acquaint

 

A bard or a preacher

their weapons the same

Whose caliber loaded

—to praise or defame

 

(Radnor Pennsylvania: June, 2022)

 

Silence is charmed

disaster avoided

New breath to infuse

fresh words on the run

 

Tomorrow disarmed

the instant unleashing

Each moment a present

—time gifted becomes

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)

Self-analysis…

a balancing act

on the edge of disaster

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)

Professional Poet

—consummate oxymoron

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)

Leasing eternity…

sorrowful joy

Rent paid in moments

death’s choirboy

Light deeded tenure

sight to regain

Conceptual escrow

—vision’s domain

 

(The New Room: June, 2022)

Leasing eternity…

 sorrowful joy

Rent paid in moments

death’s choirboy

Light deeded tenure

sight to regain

Conceptual escrow

—vision’s domain

 

(The New Room: June, 2022)