Living within the madness

the echoes come and go

Channeling everything left unsaid

in phrases yet to know

 

Time suspended, barriers down

the walls come crashing in

Each voice a memory which haunts sublime

—that unforgiven sin

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)

Trapped between two hells  

we flee from one …   

as we manufacture the other     

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)

The divinity of art

hiding in the folds

Draping o’er the multitudes

placing time on hold   

 

Its pristine encumbrance

so gently it calls

Speaking to our purity

transcending the small

 

The divinity of art  

in all of its forms

Its music seeks to woo us

its canvas adorns

 

And once it gains entry

our emptiness hides

Eternity surrenders  

—and Heaven presides

 

(The New Room: May, 2023)

No matter who you vote for

the government gets in

Left or right, day brings night

with colors gray and thin

 

The better parts of nature

get worse as time goes on

Bilateral infection

whose cure is woebegone

 

As hubcaps change in order

the wheels forever spin

Tomato or tomatto

that same old song to sing

 

A baby leaves its mother

new brick to build the wall

Ramparts trapping all inside

—beyond which prescience calls

 

(The New Room: May, 2023)

 

Once committed to memory

the ownership sublime

Entitlement within your thoughts

caught in every line

 

Deep within your consciousness

intuition’s deed holds fast

Spelling out your right to own

—the only thing that lasts

 

(The New Room: May, 2023)

Often,

 one who can

… wont

More often,

one who can’t

… will

 

Reluctance

by the

one

Arrogance

by the

other

 

—and the world to suffer their consequence

 

(The New Room: May, 2023)

 

Do you remember falling in love

the very time and place

Did you surrender within its bliss

showering in its grace

 

Do you remember the harps that played

angels in the choir

Your last breath taken, heart pounding free

—cupid of desire

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)

Memories

of the future

Stolen

from the past

Caught within

tomorrow’s web

All of time

recast

 

Moment

after moment

Living

on the run

Embracing all

that’s come to be

And all

—that’s yet to come

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)

Art bridges the distance  

between forever

 and today

 

Crossing o’er the cosmos

of eternity

—relayed  

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)

Bigger than every stage

she commanded

Greater than the sum

of her parts

Braver than the men

who adored her

Sharper than the image

—that endures

 

(Tribute To Hepburn-Bryn Mawr College: May, 2023)