Smells like

diesel

Tastes like

fire

Exit

burning

Kindled  

 liars

First step

taken

Through the

flames

Ghosts left

melting

Tracks

— of pain

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

Today

 is yesterday’s

tomorrow

 

Tomorrow

 now yesterday

past

 

The future

today

until borrowed

 

The past

  a present

— dying gasp

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

 

 

Waiting on

a distant wind

to carry me

away

And blow across

these borders

of tomorrow’s

yesterday

To lead me back

inside myself

while hearing

the old hymns

Remembering

what the past forgot

to see the light

— again

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

Good

ain’t good enough

When bad

— is better

 

(The Uptown Theater 1967: Philadelphia Pennsylvania)

 

No longer a captive

 and free of the beast

the monster

 walks alone

Into the abyss

of self-destruction

stalking  

a new home

Living no longer

in a black

and white world

all colors have returned

Tomorrow rewelcomed   

the past

on fire

— bad memories left to burn

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

Trapped on a raft

headed straight toward the falls

Unable to jump

without drowning then mauled

 

The current unyielding

the banks close but far

New crafts sit there waiting

as destiny gnarrs   

 

The raft builders pointing

their fingers of blame

From one to the other

in shouts that disclaim

 

Till that final moment

when lost in the mist

Goes down in the mayhem

— as lackeys insist

 

(Goodbye Joe: July, 2024)

Our strength

is our

distance

 

Where fortune

cascades

 

To flow

on the

borders

 

Where miles

assuage

 

Our strength

is our

distance

 

Arm’s length

by the score

 

An

echo

connecting

 

The dots

— heretofore

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

 

 

 

Anything you do

is like what you’ve done

Anything you find

is like what you’ve found

Anything you say

is like what you’ve said

Anything you dream

is like what you’ve dreamt

 

Wherever you roam

forever afar

Whatever you say

forever you are

Wherever you look

forever you see

Whatever you pledge

forever you mean

 

If ever you wander

the world at your feet

If ever you daydream

the world is complete

If ever you dance

the world is your stage

If ever you write

the world is your page

 

Whenever you ask

the questions reseed

Whenever you reach

the distance besieged

Whenever you wish

the future at dawn

Whenever you love

— the darkness is gone

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

Politicians lie …

until

the truth

— starts telling itself

 

(The New Room: July, 2024)

Under the volcano

over the moon

Polar infinities

birthing the doom

 

Hearing the thunder

minotaur’s freed

Wandering inside us

— killing the dream

 

(The New Room: July, 2024)