Leave me alone,
I’m deaf to your pleading

Leave me alone,
I can’t feel what you feel

Leave me alone,
my time not for owning

Leave me alone,
our history repealed

Leave me alone,
the bridges are burning

Leave me alone,
the entrance has closed

Leave me alone,
the pages are turning

Leave me alone
—another I’ve chose

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

I may not be exactly where I want to be but where I’m going is where the adventure will await me

Lip Service

We speak of truth, our souls delight,
but actions prove us wrong

If words alone could make it so
—each day would end in song

(University Of Pennsylvania: May, 2021)

Someone once said

Before one learns to live
Learn to breathe
Before one learns to question
Learn to listen
Before one learns to write
Learn to read
Before one learns to work
Learn to think
Before one learns to love
Learn to trust
Before one learns to die
Learn to live

And that someone
Is that you?
Is that me?