Be wary of a narrow faith
that chokes the Mystery dead
Be careful of a promise made
that hides beneath your bed
The strongest bade, a deeper jade
from yellow mixed with blue
To mock the wonder heaven sent
—in weaker shades of hue
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
The bigger the battle
the greater the man
His future uncertain
his past to command
To struggle ennobled
beyond outcome or fate
Godlike in war
—divinity’s mate
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
Seventy years…
and what have you learned
Don’t give me facts…
what have you learned
Keep your opinions…
what have you learned
Look into my eyes
—what have you learned
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
The abyss of nothingness
looms large in my consciousness
Churning each moment
belaying the time
From Nietzsche to Kierkegaard
their vacuum surrounds me
An active volcano
—whose lava is primed
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
The deeper you dig
the simpler it gets
Each question supplanted
—the truth in your debt
(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)
What would fame bring
what would it change
One iota of truth
the stoppage of rain
Living exposed
the arrows to sling
You know what you know
whether knave or a king
Accolades fall
slaps on the back
Stumble or stall
and your patron’s attack
Life in the shadows
freedom proclaimed
Famously absent
—yourself to ordain
(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)
Filled up again
words pour out
Empty no longer
they whisper and shout
Life’s give and take
torrent to drought
The tide and the flow
—flooding the doubt
(Rosemont College: October, 2022)
Causality before truth
truth before causation
Universal in transference
inextricably defined
An atom of veracity
a little bit pregnant
Plato through Lewis
—reality entwined
(Rosemont College: October, 2022)
The only thing worth being
—is in awe
(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)
Older than you were
younger than I am
Your memory grows inside me
keeper of the flame
Each day we spent together
our boyhoods reassured
Connected to forever
—we never asked for more
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: October, 2022)
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