Art nothing more

than an act of creation

 

Becoming Divine

every new inspiration

 

Tunnels of wonder

your fortune to mine

 

Time as the drill bit

— transcendence sublime

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)

Only through the act

of self-reflection

— is the Creator truly known

 

(1^st Book Of Prayers: January, 2000)

In youth

the words were

loaned to me

from others

as their source

 

Till that day

one refused

to leave

and camped

on my front porch

 

It said …

“I have

a lot of friends

no need

to be

alone”

 

And one

by one

they climbed

my steps

to stay

— and call me home

 

(The New Room: August, 2024)

 

 

Verbal Foundlings

 

Free or blank

tomato

tomatto

 

Without rhyme’s link

there’s no

bravado

 

The verse left orphaned

all kinship

spurned

 

As unconnected

words crash

— and burn

 

(The New Room: July, 2024)

 

 

Death Grip

 

The tighter

we hold on

The faster

— it slips away

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

 

 

Now Is Now

 

Freedom in the moment

the past is the past

Throwing off chains

— tomorrow recast

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)

 

 

Reaching Back

 

Closer in the distance

than what endears my touch

I focus on your memory

— reclaimed in fated lust

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)

 

 

He wanted to be

around clowns

but never wanted

to be happy

He wanted to write

 great melodies

never wanting

to sing

He wanted to stand

on the mountaintop

but never wanted

to fly

He wanted to read

every book

never wanting

to speak

 

He walked in

the twilight

of tragedy’s

sunset

He loved several

women

only after

they were gone

He called to

his dog

who was stuffed

in the parlor

He answered

every question

that couldn’t

— be asked

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)

Knowledge of the future

memories of the past

Caught within a final vacuum

dissipating fast

 

Wanton disbelieving

 eyes are liars still

Perception changed then rearranged

sensation thrice distilled

 

The philosophy of physics

 logicians burn and melt

Time but smirks as gravity flirts

 judgment prior dealt

 

Memories of the future

knowledge of the past

Once you slow the ebb and flow

— the moment is recast

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)

 Apology

not good enough

Intention

still to blame

The road to hell

left burning red

its deviance

in flames

 

Excuses

rolling off the tongue

with lie

compounding lie

A higher power

judgment bound

the devil

— in denial

 

(Bryn Mawr College: July, 2024)

Loneliness

trumps anger

as love

wields its sword

 

No shielding

or armor

will lessen

or ward

 

Loneliness

a prison

its jailer

within

 

No ire

or fury

compares

— to its din

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

Abeyance

 

Raging

against the machine

Dying

in the light

Counting

the hours till darkness

Waiting

— for delight

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

 

Storm Clouds

 

I wanted to speak my mind

until I changed it

I wanted to write a book

without the critic  

I wanted to fall in love

until I lost her

I wanted wealth and fame

— without the thunder

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

  

Cosmic Shelf

 

A Shooting Star

In A Mason Jar

Preserved And Waiting

So Near — So Far

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

 

The Weight

 

Some carry the burden

early

Some carry the burden

late

Some carry the burden

deep inside

Some carry the burden

— of fate

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

  

Circuit Bard

 

Neurons

are mindful

And fire

as healers

Defying

the symptoms

Igniting

— the cure

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024

 

All he had

was his longing

and he shared it

with no one

The years

a cruel mistress

that haunted

him so

 

All he had

was a fever

brought on

with the darkness

His memories

a warden

in a prison

alone

 

As he sat

in the twilight

he wondered

and waited

For something

still missing

he’d lost

in the past

 

As he looked

at her picture

the frame bent

and broken

He uttered

those words

his heart

— never asked

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)