Crossing the addictions
of body and soul
Delirium tremens
is taking its toll

Like Nitro and Glycerin
waiting to strike
Their coupling disastrous
all day into night

My spirit when willing
the flesh all too weak
Those few days I’m able
my willpower bleak

The detox not working
no cure comes my way
All food tastes like poison
these shakes here to stay

A bomb ticks within me
its fuse ever burns
Tomorrow a concept
long stolen unlearned

With nerve endings fraught
and my body destroyed
These nightmare’s the worst
— when in daylight deployed

(Radnor Pennsylvania: September, 2025)

Do you become
famished
before you get
hungry

Do you become
smitten
when being
alone

Do you become
distant
once over
the target

Do you become
vagrant
though always
at home

Do you become
younger
with wrinkles
upon you

Do you become
foreign
while taking
the pledge

Do you become
angry
and lost
in your garden

Do you become
tempted
when nearing
— the edge

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

A flame
the greatest threat
to the twilight  
of being

One candle
in the darkness
rebirthing
— the night

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

Not the worship of ashes
but transmission of fire
Time at its best
will the Muses inspire

Nostalgia and tears
rebury the past
With passion incarnate
— this moment to last

(Connelly Center: September, 2025)

Training to hear
what cannot be seen
Training to feel
what cannot be deemed
Training to say
what cannot be read
Training to mime
what cannot be said
Training to free
what cannot be caught
Training to know
— what cannot be thought

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)