Wastelands

Do I think

you can silence a poem

In a word

the answer is NO

 

Do I think

you can bridle a passion

You’d be better served

melting a stone

 

Do I think

you can marry tomorrow

Still married

to yesterday’s pain

 

Do I think

you can joyously wander

Locked in step

— with the devil again

 

 

(The New Room: February, 2025)

 

 

Dark Symbiosis

You look at me

and all feeling is absent

without understanding

or care

 

Calling me brother

remaining a stranger

defined by the

distance we share

 

Caught in the fury

of loves abandon

You wander inclement

storm raging inside

 

A ghost in the mirror

a twin of reflection

Two eyes that stare coldly

— across the divide

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2025)