It’s hard to ask the right questions,

their answers easier made

 

The hammer cocked, the truth in sight

—through crosshairs query bade

 

(Radnor Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Much of the time we’re faking it,

the airs we put on most false

 

Impressions made and set in jade,

green onions the main course

 

Our friends change out with stature,

as silver turns to gold

 

An alchemist’s dream, the grandest scheme

—our hearts once warm left cold

 

(King Of Prussia Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

 

My right brain writes the Poetry,

my left brain writes the Prose

 

Separate but together

—each voice the other knows

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Poetry in judgment,

condemner of expression

 

Poetry in judgment

—killer of truth

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

He should have loved his children

more than himself

 

He should have shared his dreams

with somebody else

 

He should have left a trail

that a blind man could find

 

He should have been more than just

 —one of a kind

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

The older I get,

the younger I become

 

Each word a rebirth

—my dreams to outrun

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

I tried and tried to tell you,

but I was lost in mixed emotion

 

I tried to not offend your spirit,

as I wandered looking for a home

 

I tried to make you understand,

the hard edges would soon come off

 

But in the morning your fear returned

—our love forever lost

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Cars line the highways

with their broken life inhabitants,

coffined tributes to a last wish that got away,

android druids in mock procession

—racing toward the end

 

(University Of Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Is a promise left unspoken,

the breath that holds the key

 

Unlocking what the twilight brings

—till dawn can set us free

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

The best of Poets don’t explain,

their truth the readers judge

 

 

The best of Poets to remain,

what time will hate

—or love

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)