Coming from nowhere

destined for anywhere

Each pathway a mantra

—whose footsteps define

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)

The shorter the distance

between concept and words

The deeper the impact

—of what’s to be heard

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)

Halfway to Tucumcari

the light began to wane

Halfway to Tucumcari

the guilt turned into blame

 

Halfway to Tucumcari

I heard that voice again

Halfway to Tucumcari

—running from the end

 

(Chama New Mexico: August, 2022)

Darkness endows the small

and the ordinary

with poetic power

Falling with the fallen

rising with the chosen

Reaching for

forgiveness

—and the absence of pain

 

(Dreamsleep:  September, 2022)

At last on my deathbed

I reach for two words

 

The ones often transient

or sadly unheard

 

As my eyes close forever

to journey anew

 

Two words mark my passing

a final “Thank You”

 

(The Book Of Prayers: September, 2022)

External conflict

(versus)

self-disaffection

 

The first a misdemeanor

(the second)

a higher crime

 

Inarticulate

powerful yearnings

trapped in between

 

Inarticulate

powerful yearnings

—of that forever lost

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

 

 

 Born without reference

freedom prevails

 

The moment supreme

comparison failed

 

Living without reference

judgment defiled

 

Existing intrinsic

—eternity’s child

 

(Ronald McDonald House: August, 2022)

Can nothingness exist

could existence be as nothing

 

Can something break from everything

—subtraction zero sum

 

(Villanova University: August, 2022)

I liked Democrats

when they acted like Republicans

 

(and)

 

I liked Republicans

when they socialized with Democrats

 

I liked women

when they reveled in their difference

 

(and)

 

I liked men

—when they didn’t act at all

 

(The New Room: August, 2022)

 

Without a shake

of the head

or turned up nose

 

The truest form

of rejection

—the eyes

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)