The sins of the father

the sins of the son

Repentance left vacant

each sorrow rerun

An age of despondence

an age of denial

The past beyond hope

—the future beguiled 

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)

You can’t infringe on greatness

it always needs its space

 

To stand apart and stand alone

an island in its place

 

You can’t lip sync a legend

the lyrics never come

 

Whose price is paid in distance laid

—all glory zero sum

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)

The graves have been dug

all bugles away

Medals awarded

for valor displayed

 

The soldiers in transit

to homes once so dear

But where is the peace

—when gunfire you hear

 

(Opening Poem To My New Novel: ‘Approaching Storm’)

Its focus changes with the light

in angles newly formed

 

Exposing what your fear would hide

in images reborn

 

The camera always sees the truth

its lens encaptures time

 

Each moment frozen then set free

—in search of the sublime

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)

The vagaries within

truth and falsity …

are greater than

 the differences between them

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)

Make friends of the deaf

they never hear thy questions

And marry the blind widow

to find thy way

 

Listen to the speechless

their message eternal

The prophets resounding

—thy destiny laid

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)

Reason

without evidence

Truth

without form

 

Burning

the ladder

Immune

from the scorn

 

Nuance

to sleepwalk

As reality

dreams

 

Proof

in the eye

Galileo

redeemed

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)

 

 

Is time but a reference

to prey and confound

 

(while)

 

In memory eternal

—enlightenment found

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)

There are strange wanderings

in the souls

of the most common of men

 

Where willpower and intellect

come together

—pointing the way

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)

He said what he had to say

to tell the story

He did what he had to do

to rescue time

He paid what he had to pay

to bribe the jailers

He gave what he had to give

—per Gertrude Stein

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)