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)

Preying on the truth

politics sets the trap

Isolating fact from fiction

always on attack

 

Their circles non-concentric

each area zero-sum

To tempt your fate with poison bait

—never to become

 

(The New Room: July, 2022)

Parasites never worry

about the host

Sucking out the lifeblood

—spitting on the corpse

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

 

Thoughts once spoken

the bottle open

Genie tenured

—reentry closed

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

Do you believe consciousness

a free state

Choice empowering the moment

strong

Neurons firing at your

discretion

Time unencumbered

—reality won

 

(The New Room: August, 2022)

 

Laughter hides more dread than tears

joy conceals a lasting fear

Fate to haunt each moment wished

—love beguiled with every tryst

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

Some rocks you don’t turn over

some tales you never tell

 

Some lights you never throw the switch

—some broth you never chill

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

You’ll get where you’re going

—if you don’t go too fast

 

(Kit Carson: May, 1850)