Three in one,

prophetic comes

 

One for all,

each heart enthralled

 

Confusion proffered,

diffusion reigns

 

Salvation offered

—all reason feigned

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

Turning down every invitation…

the invitations stopped

 

Ensuring the freedom I always craved,

alone inside my thoughts

 

Misunderstood and misrepresented,

my feelings misconstrued

 

And needing to live within myself

—no enmity toward you

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2020)

We live,

have lived,

and always will 

—live in troubled times

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

 

What’s written in the past,

the shadows capture

 

Those words saved for tomorrow,

fantasy

 

But what I write today,

to live forever

 

Alive unto itself

—time’s reverie

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

 

I remember art deco things,
  I remember peaches and wine

I remember sirens in the night,
  I remember waving goodbye

I remember the boardwalk on a cloudy day,
  I remember an elephant in pink

I remember the fire engine returning
  I remember my father—I think

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
     ‘Memories of the Korean War’

Walking with giants,

each step getting bigger

 

The miles—the millennia,

the search beyond

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

The stairway to God

is music

 

Each step a string

on the Angel’s harp

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

In days of fancy,

you cared for me

 

In days of challenge,

I cared for you

 

In twilight moments,

our love renewed

 

In night’s betrothal

—our wishes free

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

When you become a victim,

the hunter turns to prey

 

And the wolves now beckoned

—call

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

As an artist,

you go where art takes you

 

As a writer

—you become the words

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)