My strength
Is that I am
Fundamentally
Unscientific
Not subject to the
Dissection
Of consequence
Or category
And not at the
Mercy
Of the scholastics
And nihilists
Who spend their days
Trying to reprove
That the whole is equal
To the aggregation
Of its parts
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)
Giving up the money
for a chance at transcendence
The words became sacred,
all time was disowned
Chasing that one thing
that if caught defies memory
At one with the truth
—forever at home
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)
Physics over Metaphysics,
the cart before the horse
The chisel praised, the sculptor blamed
—the tool the icon sourced
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)
Would I trade the words…
would I trade for a song
Would I trade the words…
for a life ever long
Would I trade the words…
for a pulpit on high
Would I trade the words…
for the moon and the sky
Would I trade the words…
for immortality insured
Would I trade the words…
for your love still unheard
Would I trade the words…
for all fortune and fame
Would I trade the words
—would my soul then remain
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
The great gift of intelligence…
the gift of language
The great gift of language
—the gift of verse
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
The tide of redemption
—catches all in its wake
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
The only winner in a war of attrition
—is loss
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
I wrote so many,
in hope of one
A lyrical surfer,
his wave to come
One verse to ride,
the search complete
And all eternity
within my reach
As the quiet ended
in a thunderous roar
The wait was over,
its message pure
All judgment past
and future scorned
A timeless swell
—perfection born
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
Do your words sharpen,
as your feelings dull
Do your actions harken,
what’s still to cull
Do your wheels spin faster,
as you sink in place
Does the meaning retreat,
as you blindly chase
Do your moments forecast
or serve to remind
Does the past just bookmark
what your future declines
Does the master you serve
in false prophecy dwell
Do you still have the choice
—between Heaven and Hell
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
Every word not spoken
—the lost child of a forgotten wish
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
