Eternity’s Door

Tonight,

I was ready to die

But death

Wasn’t ready for me

 

Tonight,

I was ready to die

From the past

And a future unseen

 

Tonight,

I was ready to die

But the light

Of salvation rechose

 

Tonight,

I was ready to die

But the door to eternity

  —was closed

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)

A Grandfather’s Divorce

He never told me when he left her,

 I’d go through a Grandfather’s divorce

 

The kids remote and distant

 all contact scant and forced

 

My love sits idly waiting

 for the phone to ring again

 

Saying “Papa we want to see you”

 but Mommy’s mad at men

 

My heart left cold and broken

 warm wishes unreturned

 

As two children fight to understand

 —a world left dark and burned

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)

In Spite Of Ourselves

What if God is the

 Universe

 

Not something separate

 and distinct

 

But the Universe

 itself

 

Eliminating the dual

 notions

 

Of Creation and

  Intelligent Design

 

Insuring our divinity

 as part of the whole

 

Insuring our divinity

 —in spite of ourselves

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)