Darkening Sun

Deifying themselves,

 the scientists disprove

 with their tools

 the existence of God

 

To sit on a throne

 artificially made

 the Creator to them

 falsely shod

 

They loudly decry

 as their courtiers boast

 about how powerful

 their laws have become

 

While built into their structure

 a flaw starts to crack

 their self-glory

 —a darkening sun

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

 

 

1 + 1 = 1

Superpositioned,

  truth here and truth there

 

Unmeasured duality,

 a mirror contraire

 

Whose message lies distant,

 whose message lies near

 

A Siamese phantom,

 both fronts facing rear

 

The sublime contradiction,

  one plus one equals one

 

Their natures poetic

 —each truth zero sum

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

Licentia

A strange thing happens

  once you’re as old as your heroes

 

The mystery less enchanting,

  the romance nearly gone

 

A stranger thing happens

  when you outlive your heroes

 

The nuances shouting boldly

   —permission now won

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)

Faith Rises

“So it shall be written,

   so it shall be said”

 

A voice within the darkness,

   whispers above my bed

 

“So it shall be written,

    so it shall be done

 

“Your faith each new horizon

   —your love the morning sun”

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)