When memory implodes

upon itself

All we have left

— is Vodka

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

The idle rich

— a plague unto themselves

 

(Revisiting A.H.: June, 2024)

Blessed Quietude

 

Audibly

  we rise

and fall

 

But Silence …

is the language

 of God

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

 

Lost In Place

 

The past

is never where you left it

Tomorrow

— delegitimizes today

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

 

Groupies

 

Liking …

 sometimes better

 than loving

 

(Keith Richards: June, 2024)

 

First Step

 

Standing at the crossroads

and knowing that you’re there

Going left or going right

coin toss or a dare

Pushed by fate determined

into sorrow, joy, or pain

First step taken tells the tale

— of destiny proclaimed

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

Like quicksand …

the harder you struggle

the deeper you sink

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

 

Decision triggers fate

like a fuse ignites a bomb

 

Priming every choice we make

— until all karma’s gone

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

 

Everything that is

was at one point a decision

Give yourself permission

— become what you choose

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

The True Cost

 

You can’t have choice

 unless you have doubt

 

The price of freedom

— seeded to sprout

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

 

 

Living Now

 

A mouthful of salt

 a fistful of memories

Choking tomorrow

— on the joy of today

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

 

 

A teardrop of joy

a teardrop of sorrow

Different in substance

different in kind

Flowing endemic

the scientist’s baffled

Their chemical compounds

— distinct and profound

 

(Rosemont College: June, 2024)

We write of the past

and guess at the future

Tracks of experience

clear and well marked

 

Deep in our consciousness

 memory hoping

Yesterday’s kindling

— tomorrow will burn

 

(Dundale: June, 2024)

Mariah’s Return

 

Mistral wishes

blow hope

to tomorrow

 

Intention

most sacred

— ushering wind

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

 

 

Cupid’s Bow

 

Indifference

and hatred

are blind

— but not love

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

 

 

Godot Waits

 

Minding his business

biding his time

Dodging the bullets

— fate preassigned

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

 

 

Divinity’s Wind

 

Masters of War

Victors of Time

Sultans of Glory

Martyrs Sublime

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)