One day in January
I borrowed a day
A day from late June
I have to repay

The temperature rising
the sun high above
Birds are returning
as thoughts turn to love

As June then approaches
the bill coming due
With summer winds blowing
and everything new

I reach down in sorrow
obliged as I am
To clear my account
—the snow to begin

(Wayne Pennsylvania: January, 2024)

Lost within
the writing
Found
with each retelling
The universe
at my command
Time and space
—unveiling

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)

For Papa

That monster inside us
devouring the past
Our memories hunted
most recent to last

No mercy is shown us
as darkness creeps in
Today and tomorrow
—lost into the wind

(Tribute To Hemingway: January, 2024)


Lakota Buffalo Prayer

Shooting
today
Killing
tomorrow

Targeted
fortune
Lost
—to the wind

(The New Room: January, 2024)

I don’t write for
you … or you … or you
— I write for YOU

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)

Baiting
a feeling

Passion
is tracked

Luring
the moment

Setting
the trap

Eyes
look upon you

Cage
set on fire

Death
in the ashes

Preying
— desire

(The New Room: January, 2024)

It wasn’t fate
— it just was

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)

What proclaims
to save our souls
is killing its believers
Religion worse
than nuclear war …
born again deceivers

Breaking every
moral creed
stealing zero-sum
Ashes left to burn
and rot
—Yahweh on the run

(The New Room: January, 2023)