Loneliness
trumps anger
as love
wields its sword

No shielding
or armor
will lessen
or ward

Loneliness
a prison
its jailer
within

No ire
or fury
compares
— to its din

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

Abeyance

Raging
against the machine
Dying
in the light
Counting
the hours till darkness
Waiting
— for delight

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

Storm Clouds

I wanted to speak my mind
until I changed it
I wanted to write a book
without the critic  
I wanted to fall in love
until I lost her
I wanted wealth and fame
— without the thunder

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)


Cosmic Shelf

A Shooting Star
In A Mason Jar
Preserved And Waiting
So Near — So Far

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

The Weight

Some carry the burden
early
Some carry the burden
late
Some carry the burden
deep inside
Some carry the burden
— of fate

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)


Circuit Bard

Neurons
are mindful
And fire
as healers
Defying
the symptoms
Igniting
— the cure

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024

All he had
was his longing
and he shared it
with no one
The years
a cruel mistress
that haunted
him so

All he had
was a fever
brought on
with the darkness
His memories
a warden
in a prison
alone

As he sat
in the twilight
he wondered
and waited
For something
still missing
he’d lost
in the past

As he looked
at her picture
the frame bent
and broken
He uttered
those words
his heart
— never asked

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

Colors
resplendent
when making
a sound

Vibrant
and dancing
their palette
resounds

Colors
transforming
with richness
imbued

Visual
and sonic
merging
— the two

(The New Room: July, 2024)

Angels
rejoice
more
for one healed
sinner
than for
a hundred
who
haven’t
— sinned

(1st Book Of Prayers: July, 2024)

Reducing a book
down to one chapter

Reducing that chapter
to a paragraph honed

Reducing that paragraph
to one lasting sentence

Reducing that sentence
to a word
— truth atoned

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

How deep do we travel
inside the divide
When crossing a line
we may not survive

How much of existence
lies waiting beyond
Those things without answers
— in moments becalmed

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)