A gentle fawn weeps

where God has taken a step

 

The forest his cathedral

—pathway to rebirth

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)

Answering with phrases loaned…

a paradox recalled

 

The choices, nouns and pronouns,

all verbs to rise or fall

 

Old questions freed, all doubt besieged,

defined and then dethroned

 

The power in each chosen word,

to borrow—not to own

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Is your greatness unendorsed

by godly symbols old and new

 

Is your strength contained and held within,

as broth begets the stew

 

Is your message clear with no defense,

either martial or sublime

 

With freedom at your beck and call

—all stricture cast aside

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

The heartache gone,

but still remembered

 

Its pain

—the shadow of my soul

 

(Dreamsleep: October 10/25/2019)

Can knowledge surpass

a belief you hold true

 

Diametrically prescient

when thrust unto you

 

Is faith but the jailer

of transcendence restrained

 

With truth serving time

—in a captive domain

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Do you justify your own beliefs,

to force upon your will

 

Or skip instead the whole charade,

with truth left to distill

 

Do you wander aimless in the night,

in search of what you’ve lost

 

As darkened hallways call you back

—regret the only cost

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Woefully, the footlights dim,

the magic fades—the chorus grim

 

A curtain falls as memory fades,

the ending near—one last charade

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Running from themselves,

the shadows broke away

 

Light newly orphaned

with no endorsement

 

Tracks of remembrance,

forgotten and bare

 

Space filled with emptiness

—connection denied

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)

The Autumn Wind

leaves summer in denial

 

Winter’s invitation sent,

but yet unstamped

 

Memories through the trees,

 fall distant, left untitled

 

That fate will name

—when springtime calls again

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Respect for time,

Disdain for time,

The double edge

—the narrow ledge

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)