My mind is a garden
whose plants have grown tall
Their season end harvest
awaiting the call
Ideas and feelings
cross over in rows
The laughter of children
to lead where they go
My thoughts now a storeroom
the food all put up
Its sustenance waiting
for time to erupt
The answers gone fallow
inside of my head
All questions reseeded
—and pointing ahead
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)
The Safe Harbor
Can you imagine something
beyond your conception
Can the truth hide from view
exposed in plain sight
Can you forget to remember
or remember to forget
Is all darkness misleading
—the safe harbor of light
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)
Neither Nor
Truth thrives in contradiction
the difference sharply honed
A neither nor redemption
as zero-sum is known
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)
Ayn\'s Nightmare
Our brains push away
as humanity pulls
Cerebrum benighted
—emotion to school
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)