Degrees of freedom…

a chance for control

 

The will to measure

—what choices extoll

 

(Rosemont Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Can you talk of your experience,

or is language a gift recalled

 

Without a tribute, silence reigns

—you mute to Heaven’s call

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

I’m wed to my Poetry,

betrothed to the fire

 

Each word an incendiary,

burned to inspire

 

My voice the rekindling,

fueling the scream

 

The ashes my trousseau

—a smoldering dream

 

(Bryn Mawr College: January, 2020)

Is language the key to consciousness,

unlocking what we see and feel

 

Do words and thoughts when so defined

—make something other real

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

I’ve finally arrived at the point in the race,

where I reach for the baton

 

All up till now the moment served

—new life embarked upon

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Often, I have to challenge the words,

after they’re written

 

Often, I struggle to understand,

what the Muse is trying to say

 

Often, I have to cede the ground,

that buttresses my thinking

 

Often, the voices calling out

—are strangers to my ear

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

‘Wishful Thinking’

—where dreams go to die

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Like a moth to the flame we journey,

forever wondering why

 

Never knowing what but only where

—our destiny on fire

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Can imagination be taught,

or intuition defined

 

Can wishes be repackaged

as hope

 

Can children rekindle

a dream never fired

 

Can the past and future

reverse

 

Can what is and what isn’t,

forever be

 

Can a savior fall victim

to faith

 

Can tomorrow choose the past

over today

 

Can the reasoned excuse

die from intent

 

Can the moment once noted,

forever last

 

Can there be language

with vision denied

 

Can the wisdom of sages,

in playpens be found

 

Can the answers unquestion

—themselves

 

(University Of Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Do our actions create

the reality we see

 

Do our eyes and our will

fashion what we believe

 

Is the dimension we look at,

the one we take in

 

Do our choices control

—what our senses begin

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)