The light of remembrance
the will’s DNA
Entombed by dementia
—forever in shade
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Redemption Near
Did you waste your life
just making money
Did you eat the bread
and not the honey
Did you sell your soul
as your children watched
Was your heart left cold
in a tinderbox
Were your excuses rich
and your reasons poor
Did you wake up full
and still ask for more
Were your blessings shunned
as you scratched and clawed
Saying no harm done
“I never broke the law”
Were you teeth all straightened
and your motives bent
Were your eyes detached
from what heaven sent
Were your memories lost
in some dead refrain
As a lonely footnote
to another’s name
If you had one chance
to re-right these wrongs
Would you hide in silence
or break out in song
With your soul imprisoned
the choice is clear
All joy awaits
—redemption near
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Daydreams
The nursery, a womb
where fantasy begins
The clay, the permission
for the sculptor to sin
The keyboard, the staircase
to a heavenly score
The day, once forsaken
—its daydream records
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Alleyways Of Stone
A highway of regret…
an avenue of denial
A boulevard of hopes and dreams
where footsteps have defiled
A thoroughfare of wanton time
each choice a dead end road
In fated plundered wanderlust
—dark alleyways of stone
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)