Born To Wander

Rejected by parents

forsaken alone

One choice left to make

forever to roam  

 

The cost ever paying

their wages of sin

Steps of abandonment

traipsing within 

 

To beg or to borrow

the future on loan

The price of tomorrow

each moment unknown

 

With fate chasing after

both fortune and shame

A waif born to wander

—in search of a name

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)

End Game

Asking for your support

not your agreement

I looked into your eyes

Seeing rejection

your stare blank and cold

our connection was untied

 

Your words became hollow

your touch nondescript

 new distance did we share

Alone while together

the ending in sight

—finality laid bare

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)

Twin Sisters

Damning two lies

with only one truth

Deception remixes

like gin and vermouth

 

Jumping from one

as the other got hot

Port in the storm

where perdition is fraught     

 

Grace in short order

 with blessings denied

Thomas redoubting

 all faith circumscribed  

 

Prevarication

twin sister of pain

The Word caught between them

—trapped to remain

 

(The New Room: July, 2023)

Voices Uniting

Reblessing the virtues

that time can’t bestow

Heaven awakens

a world far below

 

The sinner is sainted

the prophet a king

Words join in prayer

as eternity sings

 

The order reorders

from many comes one

Voices uniting

in breath zero sum

 

Moments rechristen

epiphany reigns

Fruition is sating 

—in His holy name

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)