To be anything more

than what it is

To be anything more

than who you are

To be anything more

than what’s been said

To be anything more

—than anything more

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

Poetic angst,

Jimmy Dean

 

Poetic angst,

Brando screams

 

“Stella, Stella,”

the spirits call

 

“Live Fast, Die Young”

—the fates befall

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

 

Evolution changes

the mind of man

 

All insight martyred

for wider scans

 

The magic filtered

as books proclaim

 

What facts uncover

and time disdains

 

Evolution fosters

a weakened soul

 

Each process stifled

the gist untold

 

Forever whittled

in narrow canes

 

Tomorrow empty

—the past defamed

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

We have nothing to do

—but be who we are

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

Fictitious dreaming

those voices call

Imagined bliss

where ghosts enthrall

 

Enigma fashioned

bespoke to fit

Fantasia moments

—belief remits

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

Good girls ask permission

bad girls seek forgiveness

Sins two faced till time erased

—sisters of injustice

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

 

Justice has no borders

liberty no walls

Freedom lives beyond the realm

of tyrants big and small

 

Blood once spilled in battle

generations to enthrall

Sealing hope in memories deep

—to those who heed the call

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

To kill the dreamer

not the dream

Each wish reborn

—all hope redeemed

 

(The New Room: August, 2022)

Trapped by a promise

 exitway

closed

 

Memories held captive

hope

long deposed

 

Dreams

shattered mirrors

shards that implode

 

Sentenced to wander

despondent

I go

 

 (Villanova University: August, 2022)

Cheap art

or excellent craft

You decide

what floats the raft

 

Good intentions

hell repaved

Choice emboldened

—heaven saved

 

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)