Verbal Foundlings

Free or blank
tomato
tomatto

Without rhyme’s link
there’s no
bravado

The verse left orphaned
all kinship
spurned

As unconnected
words crash
— and burn

(The New Room: July, 2024)


Death Grip

The tighter
we hold on
The faster
— it slips away

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)


Now Is Now

Freedom in the moment
the past is the past
Throwing off chains
— tomorrow recast

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)


Reaching Back

Closer in the distance
than what endears my touch
I focus on your memory
— reclaimed in fated lust

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)