Kurt Philip Behm

Once & Forever (+1)

Once a Catholic…

 always a Catholic

 

Once a Priest…

 forever a Priest

 

Once a Poet…

 always a Poet

 

Once a Man…

 —forever a Man

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2018)

 

 

Maria

 

Our years are fated…

Maria’s allotment was short

But no less special

Each moment becoming pregnant

With what time would not allow

Each new hour

The measuring stick

Of what would never occur

 

In a bed and a room

Where only wishes and dreams

Last

To never grow into memories

Fate would not permit

Her life to become less precious

As the deceptive future

  —steals tomorrow from today

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)