Kurt Philip Behm

Beyond Time (+1)

There a mountain in my rearview mirror

 a magnet for my soul

 

Pulling on what’s only borrowed 

 its lease to keep me whole

 

There’s a mountain in my rearview mirror

 calling out my name

 

Its winds have blown my heart to rest

 —which time cannot reclaim

 

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)

 

The Mask

 

Time is the mask that all memories wear,

 as feelings age within

 

Time is the bridge where eternity walks,

 each footstep to begin

 

Time is a voice spoken only inside

 where denial cannot hear

 

Time is the measure of what’s yet to come

  —in moments far and near

 

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)

 

 

Stolen Moments

 

Time immortal, the master thief,

 stealing tomorrow from the past

 

Abducting each moment, all life itself,

 —today within its grasp

 

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)