Running from themselves,

the shadows broke away

 

Light newly orphaned

with no endorsement

 

Tracks of remembrance,

forgotten and bare

 

Space filled with emptiness

—connection denied

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)

The Autumn Wind

leaves summer in denial

 

Winter’s invitation sent,

but yet unstamped

 

Memories through the trees,

 fall distant, left untitled

 

That fate will name

—when springtime calls again

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Respect for time,

Disdain for time,

The double edge

—the narrow ledge

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

A fresh diagnosis,

waiting to die

 

Time now unmortgaged,

foreclosure in sight

 

The documents present,

endorsement unsigned

 

Appraisal—reprisal,

the path freshly limed

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Genius…

beyond definition

—truth redefined

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Dreaming in the shadows,

by the light of the moon

 

My feelings chasing words

—that can speak for us all

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)

 Mercurial freedom

Beyond sexuality

Love trumping weakness

—truth beyond lies

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

There’s a certain type of age

that can’t get old

 

Death caught within the road signs

of its bartered weakness

 

Where voices cry a fevered wish

to all who listen

 

And legends write their epitaphs

—on hearts afire

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

I like hitchhiking

because it’s clean…

Its ending not restrained

by false beginnings

The future more indentured

than the past

With freedom wrapped inside

this very moment

Each car another chance  

—to say goodbye

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)

Ironic…

what we forgive in our heroes

 

Their faults,

tragic badges of fame

 

Our glasses,

colored rose without brambles

 

Their legend

—sealed in myth beyond blame

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)