Can you purchase tomorrow,
  with yesterday’s wage

Can you eliminate sorrow,
  still carrying your rage

Can you call out the answer,
  with the question at bay

Can you set a reminder,
  while forgetting your way

Can this moment unchosen,
  be the instant that lasts

Can a heart still unbroken,
  survive memories past

Can the choices you’ve made,
  set the world all ablaze

Can you harness the fire
  —to ignite and amaze

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)