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A Haven Safe

I write for the

aberrate visitor,

that stumbles upon my words

 

A buried shaft

for them to mine,

a voice that can be heard

 

Each poem baptized

as a child,

redemptions holy source

 

To comfort those

in pain and loss,

escape from their remorse

 

A secret voice

for searching ears,

that wander then alone

 

A haven safe

to offer hope

—and welcome them back home

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2019)

 

Sight Unseen

It’s 2:00 a.m. in the darkness,

and I’m lost in who I am

 

The night little comfort against a dawn,

that waits for me again

 

It’s 2:00 a.m. in reflection,

the past chasing a future dream

 

All memory conjoined, controverted,

the morning—sight unseen

 

(Dreamsleep: November, 2019)

Glory Unsung

Victory is a song unwritten,

whose words beget the score

 

With truth in play, all time relayed,

past battles, future wars

 

Yesterday winless, tomorrow tied,

the moment zero sum

 

The hour prescient, each second dear

—glory still unsung

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Ill At Ease Or Unfurled

Is your pathway to Heaven now structured,

 with words that your verse seeks to pray

 

Is your stairway straight up or diverted,

 remittance and debts to repay

 

Is your meaning construed or verbatim,

 intention set free of this world

 

Is your love what was given or taken

 —your heart ill at ease or unfurled

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)