He never met a man he didn’t like

—or ever let a sunrise become old

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)

Riding a giant wave,

dancing with God

Running from the Devil

—to the edge of beyond

 

(Waimea Bay: February, 1963)

Outrunning his destiny,

overtaking his fate

Reprieving tomorrow

—all time to abate

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)

God has no essence

beyond his existence

 

No parts to the whole

—forever as one

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)

The nightingale only sings

to the rose bush,

Beauty to beauty

—nature Divine

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)

From the fire, from the embers

of his bungalow

he sears,

the nights latest victim

—new ash in the wind

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)

Are you everything you could have been,

the moments gone,

the wafer thin

 

While reaching out did you lose hold

of what defines you,

a broken mold

 

The chase elusive, running wild

into the darkness,

a bastard child

 

To reach old age before your time,

a broken bell

—that cannot chime

 

(Villanova University: July, 2021)

Hitchhiking Angel,

twelve stringed harp,

wandering spirit

—Elk City wind

 

(Tucumcari New Mexico: January, 2019)

The farther away you get from your essence

—the longer your nights become

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2021)

Overcoming myself,

I crowned the impossible

 

The weight finally lifted

—abandoning the throne

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2021)