Living between the spaces,

of what never came to pass

 

The light rays self-divided,

the present from the past

Living within the moment,

no time to lose or gain

 

The choices made inversely

—in yes plus no refrain

 

(Rosemont Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

When I think back on all the times that were

—and weren’t

 

My mind rewrites the answers to the questions

—never asked

 

To set the time that’s left on fire

—in joyful hope

 

To rhyme the final ending line

—with one last wish

 

(Bryn Mawr College: January, 2020)

All discovery…

but one grand paradox

 

All reflection

—caught deeply there within

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Stranded on the island

of your professed beliefs

 

Anchored in the promise

of a new tomorrow

 

Each wave a stark reminder

of the choices that you made

 

Your faith inside a bottle

—the tide unclear

 

(Haverford College: January, 2020)

Stranded on the island

of your professed beliefs

 

Anchored in the promise

of a new tomorrow

 

Each wave a stark reminder

of the choices that you made

 

Your faith inside a bottle

—the tide unclear

 

(Haverford College: January, 2020)

If Panpsychism were true

—what could ever be false

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

The mind and body dualist,

his prison for a throne

 

Confusion reigns where consciousness walks,

where can it find a home

 

The soul the prize that matters,

the spirit up for grabs

 

Proximity defining its own lie,

positioning unclad

 

But somewhere in the distance,

and somewhere heretofore

 

A laughter lives beyond itself,

escaping its own core

 

The zero-sum dilemma,

what Sages claim to own

 

Lay far beyond what’s deep within

—where truth is free to roam

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

 

With every new belief,

you have to let something go

 

Each thought self-entitled

—to reap what it sows

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Understanding too much,

feeling too little

 

Our being unbalanced

—and spirit restrained

 

(Wayne Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

We make the beds we lie in

—to sleep or not

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)