Knowledge

Charisma

And

Violence …

The

Triumvirate

Of

Domination …

 

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

Yellowstone waits

for my return

her beauty

caught between

A memory

and its token source

imagined

when unseen

A wishful glance

a haunting breeze

her magnetism

strong

To pull the strings

around my heart

forever

—to belong

 

(Villanova University: October, 2023)

 

 

 

The crux

of a theory

 is in what

it rules out

Clearing

the runways

narrowing

doubt

With the ballast

tossed over

all clouds

disappear

Obstacles

moved …

solutions

are near

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

 

 

Our scars

self-requited

define

who we are

 

The pain

when it’s welcome

embedded

unmarred

 

Each blemish

redeeming

those choices

to blame

 

Absolving

our future

releasing

the shame

 

(‘Searching For Crazy Horse:’ September, 2010)

 

Lost …

in the

dawn

of opportunity

 

Reluctant …

every

message

sublime

 

Uncertain …

with the

answers

unquestioned

 

Forever …

charging

forward

—behind

 

(The New Room: October, 2023)

Reality doesn’t come

with perfection

Its paradigm rooted

and flawed

To love an ideal

 its fantasy sealed

The truth found in mores

—not law

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2023)

Respect for tradition

passion for truth

 

Heritage treasured

enlightenment wooed

 

Pathways consistent

their outcome the same

 

Footsteps of prescience

—veracity claims

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

“I will”

“I do”

“Till death do us part”

 

(Betrothed 3-5-1974 / Wed 9-22-1974 / In God’s Hands)

The greatest truths

should stay unnamed

to discover

for oneself

No footnotes

praising earlier thoughts …

the thirsty

to the well   

Virtue gifted

from times long past

in hidden moments

of bliss

Remaining virgin

as yet unloved

for each new mind

—to kiss

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2023)

 

There’s nothing sylvan

about the Ivy League

Subversive in nature

all take and no give

In period camouflage

they feign to belong

Their hatchlings abhorrent

together they throng

 

Our country’s traditions

they chop on the block

What many have died for

their travesty mocks

And living entitled

they suck and they draw

Rewriting our history

—their lies become law

 

(The New Room: October, 2023)