Kurt Philip Behm

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2023

Republican head
Democrat heart
Mired in conflict
Forever apart
Symbiotic division
Zero Sum in intent
Mutual destruction
—broken not bent

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2023

Holy Waters

A river of Angels
in torrents of Grace
Redemption awaiting
—the delta in place

(1st Book Of Prayers: October, 2023)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2023

Insight Romance & Fear

Knowledge
Charisma
And
Violence ...
The
Triumvirate
Of
*******

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2023

Calling Me Home

Yellowstone waits
for my return
her beauty
caught between
A memory
and its token source
imagined
when unseen
A wishful glance
a haunting breeze
her magnetism
strong
To pull the strings
around my heart
forever
—to belong

(Villanova University: October, 2023)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2023

'Moins Est Plus'

The crux
of a theory
is in what
it rules out
Clearing
the runways
narrowing
doubt
With the ballast
tossed over
all clouds
disappear
Obstacles
moved …
solutions
are near

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2023

Sun Dance

Our scars
self-requited
define
who we are

The pain
when it’s welcome
embedded
unmarred

Each blemish
redeeming
those choices
to blame

Absolving
our future
releasing
the shame

(‘Searching For Crazy Horse:’ September, 2010)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2023

The Gift Horse

Lost …
in the
dawn
of opportunity

Reluctant …
every
message
sublime

Uncertain …
with the
answers
unquestioned

Forever …
charging
forward
—behind

(The New Room: October, 2023)