Under your porcelain eyes,

there is nothing but an empty cracked mind

A warrior can be an artist,
but can an artist go to war

Can the craftsman ever breathe the fire,
that tempered the blade he forged

The warrior-poet not the poet-warrior,
the difference in the score

All fury do his words inspire
—to bridge the liars fjord

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

•
       you
               secretly
                       wishing, for
                              your writes to be
                                noticed•simple sign
                             that they have not been
                          missed•with every view
                     and every like•your popu-
               larity does spike•somewhat
          places your art on the poetry
      map•between major players,     
  you close the gap•constantly      
checking to see  who's been              
reading•you're always deli-               
ghted to see the 'yellow                      
lightning'•a wish...                            
    for those who                             
     are writ-                    
ing      
•
secretly hope not only for your words to be
reaching far and wide, but also... trending•