Kurt Philip Behm

Kurt Philip Behm 23h

Like squeezing and gripping
a handful of sand
Your love dropped through
the crevices unrhymed

Defining our feelings
with each orphaned word
Lost in the random
—abandon of time

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm 1d

Bless Me Father

Kneeling
in a confessional
of words
forgiveness wouldn’t come
Absolution
undefined
where beats
— the silent drum

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm 2d

Golden Letters Short ...

Is the Oracle wise
the Buddha fat
or the Great
Niagara wet
Description wanes
where titan’s reign
as words are left
to falter
And blow upwind
against the grain
in messages
— sublime

(The New Room: December, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm 3d

Polar Winds

Pushing hard
against the words
the order
disarrayed
The ultimate guest
the consummate stranger
so close
— so far away

(The New Room: December, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm 4d

Ledger In Blood

Paying hard
the money short
pockets empty
time aborts
A pound of flesh
bills remain
invoice closing
— sealed with pain

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm Nov 28

Toll Gate

Hiding in
a shadow

The light
forever near

My world is
pothole bound

Restraining
hope with fear

Dirt roads
of my memory

Training wheels
unsure

Rolling forward
falling back

Beyond
— the lion’s roar

(Dreamsleep: November, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm Nov 27

The Fusion Of Time

If the past’s
not alive
The future
is dead

With memory
starving
Hope’s promise
unfed

What yesterday
gives us
Tomorrow
awaits

All hope
in the transfer
Of destiny’s
— fate

(The New Room: November, 2024)