Kurt Philip Behm

The Lie (+1)

Your arms lift me up

  as your words take me down

 

And I’m caught in-between

  your smile and frown

 

Your arms making promises

  your words never keep

 

My spirit in limbo

  my heart left to weep

 

My soul is in turmoil

  my mind double dealt

 

As your fear and your passion

  collide

 

What’s to be known,

  and what’s to be felt

 

Is it your words or your actions

  —that lie

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)

 

Time

 

Easily measured

  not clearly defined

 

Often lamented

  more often unkind

 

Its loss we all mourn

  searching heaven to find

 

The time to become

  —a new past to rewind

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)