Kurt Philip Behm

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2024

Angel of the streets
demon in the fortress
Darkness hides the garden
Grace a fallen wish

Voices in the alley
pleadings last communion
Wings that fight to open
— fire on the wind

(The New Room: October, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2024

Morphosis

Being what he was
— he’d already been

(Dreamsleep: September, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2024

Wasted Moments

Worry
changes nothing
tomorrow unmoved
Forfeiting
the gift
— of a present unclaimed

(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2024

Lost In Motion

So much of the time
we’re in transit
Mindlessly going
from place to place
Lost in a limbo
not here and not there
Ignoring the moments
— that set us all free

(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2024

Remembering Mira

Up your seconds
stretch every moment
Joy in the instant
— present sublime

(Harry’s Café: Rush Street, Chicago – Circa 1982)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2024

The Blemish Of Time

You can’t wash the pigment
of the past away
Its stain much deeper
than all regret

Coloring lost moments
with what you hide
Painting the future
— from palettes of broken dreams

(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)

Kurt Philip Behm Oct 2024

Silver Lining

Mortality
fills our lives
with meaning

Procrastination
the future’s
bane

Today is prized
tomorrow
questioned

The moment’s
treasure
— our souls to claim

(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)