Performance art

embracing the artist

The magic of youth

alive on the stage

Time takes direction

from a glorious past

The memories an encore

— forever to stay

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2024)

Giving no thought

to yesterday

invested in

tomorrow

Memories pave

the road behind

with joy that’s

wrapped in sorrow

 

Giving no weight

to seasons past

this moment my

new entry

Calling me on

replaying that song

whose lyrics

— redefine me

 

(Anthology Of Perception: September, 2024)

Getting to tomorrow

on stairs of yesterday

Each tread of my reluctance

on risers of today

 

Promising me nothing

but wisdom from afar

Chasing reams of broken dreams

— adrift among the stars

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2024)

If there was no one

to believe

would there still

be truth

 

If there was no one

to tell

would silence

take root

 

If there was no one

to laugh

would smiles

be gone

 

If there was no one

to love

would all feeling

— abscond

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2024)

 

 

 

 

The farther we stray

from our natures

the more depressed we get

 

Hunting, fishing

and chopping wood

our DNA and yet …

 

We sit and stare

at digital screens

our spirits on the run

 

And shun each other

inhumane

 our futures zero — sum

 

(The New Room: September, 2024)

 

Is thinking sufficient

to turn us around

 

Cerebral in nature

as problems surround

 

For thousands of years

our nose to the stone

 

We’ve battled our nature

and mostly we drone

 

The answers elude us

the questions forbear

 

While sins of our fathers

live on in the air

 

The harder we toil

the greater we fail

 

All change in the wishing

— our fortunes entail

 

(Saint Davids Pennsylvania: September, 2024)

 

The Angels

have gone

Only devils

are left

Clouds

die infested 

With fire

beset

Pitchforks

are glowing

Coal burning

the harps

Grace lost

in the smoke

Tomorrow

— is dark

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2024)

Forgiveness comes

to those who pray

Salvations ear

one plea away

The wishes sent

to Heaven stay

To mark the path

— and light the way

 

(1^st Book Of Prayers: September, 2024)

There’s no problem

with death

when it’s

tomorrow

One day from

today

as the calendar

turns

Time

stays an orphan

 all moments

adopted

The end

yet beginning

its promise

— adjourned

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2024)

Music

 when explained

the notes retract

 

Visceral

ideation

 falling flat

 

Resonance

systemic

joy intoned  

 

Romancing

 the silence

— calling you home

 

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2024)