The older the day
  the sweeter the memory

The sweeter the memory
  new reasons to find

New reasons to find
  tomorrow unmentioned

Tomorrow unmentioned
—the present Divine

(1st Book Of Prayers: July, 2018)

Losing my mind
to capture my soul
Memory repurposed
—unbroken and whole

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)

You cannot surrender
passion
**** the seeds  
of a new dawn
Silence
a word bespoken
Or finish
—what can only start

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)

Outwriting
insecurity
each word
tears down the wall
Endorsing
his humanity
thoughts into feelings
fall
The truth
beyond the shadows
unspoken
in the light
Waiting
for a voice set free
that makes it
—through the night

(The New Room: November, 2023)

Wandering alone
atop Mount Nittany
his claws long retracted
his teeth filed down

The last of his breed
once reigning so proudly
his lair far distant
no food to be found

Strange noises he hears
far off to the West
in the canyon of beavers
a struggle beset

He knows that this Winter
most likely his last
the future reclaiming
—a glorious past

(Lemont Pennsylvania: November, 2023)

Old
not outdated
germ
still in the wheat

Not as fast
as I was

Faster
than I will
ever be

Mind
over matter
horse
pulling the cart

Intention
still deadly

Blade
forever
sharp

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)

The envelope
unopened
addressed
to himself
Inside
unspoken
old hopes
and dreams
Lost
and rerouted
the stamp was
foreign
Its port of entry
still
—unforeseen

(Dreamsleep: November, 2024)