Language
is required
to go insane
The beasts of
the forest
politely refrain
Words
ever forming
into a net
Trapping
insanity
—the tighter they get
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Language
is required
to go insane
The beasts of
the forest
politely refrain
Words
ever forming
into a net
Trapping
insanity
—the tighter they get
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
The night shift…
working in anonymity
semi-detached
Finding a hidden
emptiness
blinding daylight always hides
Tying up the
looser ends
of conscious dislocation
Bringing you back
inside yourself
through darkness circumscribed
(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)
The gentlest soul
springs from the hardest heart
—when the fighting is over
(Stonehenge: March, 1981)
The world is becoming
impossible to govern
Each person that island
Donne warned us about
All sense of belonging
in mirrors bespoken
The strength of shared values
—our vanity flouts
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Questions
Unanswered
The Heart
Of Existence
Wonder
Unbridled
The Key
To Within
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Enter me
like a cathedral
Turn all my pillars
to salt
Love me like every last
pilgrim is watching
Empowering
—passions assault
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Trapped in the moment
escaping with rhyme
Words to my rescue
—time after time
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
I hated her
as much as I loved her
And loved her in ways
my telling would shame
Emotion embroiled
in deadliest combat
Choosing not one
—but the other to blame
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Distinction
without difference
Where shadows
defame
Laughter
without smiles
Embodied
in shame
Each story
redundant
Whose print
stays uninked
As eyes
search for mercy
That last
—missing link
(Las Vegas Boulevard: February, 2023)
The road to paradise
begins in hell
If you long for peace
—embrace the war
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)