Some people write
poetically
And some write
poetic prose
Both front and rear gates
lead back to a garden
To harvest
—what is grown
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Some people write
poetically
And some write
poetic prose
Both front and rear gates
lead back to a garden
To harvest
—what is grown
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
It’s always dark
—until you open your eyes
(The New Room: December, 2023)
Most of us learn
to live with our demons
Seeing them coming
hearing their call
More in the night
when silence is running
Taking their place
to hide in the hall
Most of us learn
to live with our fears
More real when imagined
the images churn
Once they’re inside us
denial forsaken
To wed the dark moments
—whose effigy’s burn
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Blame …
deep and abiding
Praise …
a fleeting call
Infliction kills
affection shills
Their contrast
casts a pall
One …
a timeless burden
The other …
flits away
Tomorrow’s pain
all joy abstained
Entrapped
—where memories stay
(The New Room: December, 2023)
How the world
should be
and isn’t
My choices
could
but don’t
What maybe
might
tomorrow voids
The spinning
vortex
—won’t
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
A Wolf Waits
Early one morning
reason escaped
And prescience went with it
unlocking the gate
Lights in the asylum
flicker and fade
The inmates grow restless
a deepening shade
Evening brought darkness
no stars in the sky
But nobody wondered
no questioning why
The moon simply vanished
a wolf waits to howl
All order disorder
—with thought disavowed
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Spinning The Cylinder
When does intelligence
turn on its host
Killing the patron
leaving a ghost
Russian roulette
in a game zero sum
Perception reloading
—acuity’s gun
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Quantum Leap
Life beyond numbers
images reign
Killing all reference
lost in refrain
Gaming the theory
zeroing out
Counting symphonic
—Angels about
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Treat someone wrongly
maybe survive
Treat them as stupid
bees leave the hive
Stinger’s protruding
vitals exposed
Phylaxis laid bare
—venom explodes
(The New Room: December, 2023)
Beyond The Nothingness
If the Universe vanishes
music remains
Each note but a memory
—forever refrained
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
The Treasure
Life as a system
sits proudly alone
Unlike any other
secure on the throne
Not physics mathematics
or music can steal
What living the treasure
—of nature conceals
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Amor Est
How can you know it was love
—how can you not
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
There’s knowledge
in the world
for only
the captive
Insight
on the other
hand
prescient to roam
No ceiling
to happiness
but a floor
to sorrow
Direction
a vagrant
that goes
where it goes
Spoken
in cadence
our oaths
are rechanted
Carrying
voices
through moments
on loan
Traveling
together
in blind
expectation
Questions
awaiting
in freedoms
—unknown
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Once spent …
there’s no tomorrow
Once spent …
all time is rife
Once spent …
your fortune tendered
Death’s currency
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)