I swore

over and over

and

over and over

Forever

to love her

no matter

the whim

 

But time

after time

as each siren

would call  

I rambled

and left her

my nose

— in the wind

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

Good taste

— wears no brand

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

Necessary

but not

sufficient

Stated

but

unheard

Always wrong

but never

in doubt

Sworn

but forever

— unwed

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

Etching my name immortal

the words when left my pen

Take on a new perspective

beyond both me and them

 

Etching all time eternal

the future is renamed

Calling forth beyond true north

— my destiny reclaimed

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

Tending anger’s

raging garden

 seeds lie

burnt and dire

 

Each fiery breath

a vine ensnares

with thorns

of bloody ire

 

Tending anger’s

furrowed hate

with vehement

acclaim

 

A tirade lost

within the rows

of dark

— unending pain

 

(The New Room: December, 2024)

Hiding from

the day

with night

growing short

The light

to expose

what darkness

— aborts

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

When you subsidize

 my excess

You underwrite

my greed

Each payment made

my hunger craves

And gluttoned passion

— needs

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

Competition …

what keeps us alive

Sharpening our edges

fueling our drive

 

Setting new benchmarks

pushing the bar

Forever defining

— just who we are

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

Are you the CEO

of your passion

the chief of your desires

 

Are you the captain

of your intention

the master of what inspires

 

Are you the owner

of your discovery

the clearing in the fog

 

Are you the light

of your reflection

— a servant before God

 

(The New Room: December, 2024)

As hedonists dally
to never explain
The greatest pleasure
— the absence of pain

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)