If

“Condemned To Be Free”

as Sartre said,

Then

doom me forever

—unchained and unled

 

(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: February, 2021)

The land of the free,

 the home of the brave

 

Inclusive together

—America saved

 

(Valley Forge: February, 2021)

The final poem that I write…

a comment on itself

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

It’s important

 what you get called

has a name,

one you can take

to the ivory

border

It’s important

what you’re called

is remembered the same,

today recollected

tomorrow

reordered

A mark on the stone

no longer

unknown,

your history and

legacy

rendered

Sapphire crystal

overlord set,

the past

eponymous  

the future

—kismet

 

(The New Room: February, 2021)

Alone with my thoughts

—the devil makes three

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

 

Wrapped in surprise

—the greatest gift of all

 

(Villanova Chapel: February, 2021)

You can feel,

but no longer find

the love

Surrounding,

no longer inside

the love

Remembering,

you cannot forget

the love

Lingering,

you wander in search

—of love

 

(Danville Pennsylvania: January, 2021)

The taste got sweeter

as the bottle emptied

 

Each sip more joyous

—the label rare

 

(St. David’s Pennsylvania: February, 2021)

The coldest you will ever feel…

a smile not returned

 

(The New Room: February, 2021)

Fear is a mistress

with many suitors

 

Hapless in spirit

—beguiling profane

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)