Morning Rain

Answering The Past

 

I tell you what

you ask me why

Inside this ring

of time disguised

Two hundred reasons

passing go

Retracing steps

— of long ago

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)

 

 

Forever Now

 

Make your bed with today

no one’s promised tomorrow

The present is visceral

its moment at hand

Repeating itself

in joy and in sorrow

The instant eternal

— forever Divine

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)

 

 

Lost To Oneself

 

What do the years mean

when they come to an end

Their number a folly

if hearts cannot mend

A month or a decade

results but the same

‘With feeling abandoned

— a life spent in vain

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)

 

 

 The Moment Blessed

 

The future

can be avoided

the present cannot

 

The past but

a door prize

to what you have not

 

To live in

the moment’s 

eternal refrain

 

A blessing

self given

— again and again

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)

 

 

 Calling Us Home

 

Drawn into the light

arms open wide

to hear

that song again

 

Which ushered

us here

replaying clear

— by Angels from within

 

(1st Book  Of Prayers: March, 2024)

 

 

A Choice

 

The grey winter

of dismal intention

recurs with a vengeance

— until you say NO

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)

 

 

 

 

Running For The Door

If you use the word languish

I’m stopping my read

When you speak the word nurture

 I’m far from intrigued  

If I hear you say milieu

I run for the door

Or when you spout genre

my ears to abhor

They’re chosen to impress

when the meaning is weak

Concealing the emptiness

of all that you speak

‘A labyrinth of dilettantes’

penning your verse

Can’t hide what is missing

— with these words you assert

 

(The New Room: February, 2024)

Thinkful Wishing

Thinkful Wishing

 

“Age but a number”

if only that were true

Yesterday reborn again

— memories renewed

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024) 

 

 

Moments Beyond Time

 

In search of fresh meat

the future will come

Hour predestined

the hunt zero sum

 

As seconds approach

impending attack

Free every moment

—time dead in its tracks

 

 

(The New Room: February, 2024) 

 

 

Why

 

Why isn’t God

transcending

my doubt

Each day more distant

the louder

I shout

Why can’t the Lord

 acknowledge

my pain

The light

growing dimmer

— the more I proclaim

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

Present Unwrapped

Present Unwrapped

 

Plan for tomorrow

live for today

the moment redeeming

 future caches

 

Say what you mean

do what you say

the circle enclosing

— truth on display

 

 (Dreamsleep: February, 2024) 

 

Palace Rules

 

No worse enemy

than an ex-friend

No better friend

— than an enemy turned

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024) 

 

 

 Empty Promises

 

Caring not much

for what I haven’t seen

Deaf to those voices

still trapped in between

 

Caring not much

for what I haven’t been

Each promise stays empty

— not kept from within

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024) 

 

 

 White Buffalo

 

Can you …

Know

without thinking  

Win

without beating

See

without judging

Cry

without pain

Speak

without stricture

Come

without staying

Wish

without hoping

Share

without claim

Hear

without language

Curse

without malice

Hunt

without preying

Rule

without reign

Fly

without plumage

Dance

without music

Love

without taking

Die

— without shame

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024) 

 

 

 

 

To Wander

Left To Wander

 

Confusion’s underbelly

frustration’s embryo

Orphaned seeds of black and white

spread where nothing grows

Choices wander celibate

new pregnancy unfound

Up or down left to right

— dubiety impounds

 

(The New Room: February, 2024)

 

Incognito

 

Thinking the worst

of people

life has cast a pall

 

To cover my

intentions

— and camouflage the fall

 

(Dreamsdleep: February, 2024)

 

 

Warring Words

 

Poets

are the bravest  

writers …

you know who you are

 

Scattered

among

the Johnny Come Latelys

battered up and scarred

 

Each word

proffered

born of pain

raised in discontent

 

Dying once

to live again

unwilling

— to relent

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

 

 

Winning

 

First and foremost

success is an

entrepreneurial venture

— not a management exercise

 

(To Dartmouth Students: January, 2012)