Kurt Philip Behm

Ptesan-Wi (+3)

 “Indians have a saying,” she said

    from across the fire…

 

“Until you have heard the roar

   of the bear

     —you will not know its heart”

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

From My Novel: ‘Revenge Along The War Trail’

 

 

Love\'s Release

 

Look with your eyes,

  until you see with your mind

 

Listen with your ears,

  until you feel what you hear

 

Laugh with each breath,

  until you smile with your heart

 

Love with your will

  —until it releases your soul

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

Defensione Vitae

 

The only defense against fate

 is words

 

The only answer to death

 —is life

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)

 

 

Beginning Again

 

From silver to gold,

  the years marched along

 

As language emboldened

  its words into song

 

The grey of my twilight

  a welcome relief

 

All reasoned excuses

  another’s belief

 

As the winds through the canyon

  blow the valley to sand

 

This ending now welcome

  —beginning again

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)