Kurt Philip Behm

Deja Vu (+1)

The Future…

   is but the past unloved

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2019)

 

 

The Thread

 

Is there a thread that binds and ties…

 an artist to his art

 

Is it thin or thickly woven,

  will it hold or come apart

 

Is it there to free or strap one down,

 with the memory of its form

 

Does its very nature reattach,

 when in fury it is torn

 

Does it link in stark remembrance,

 all that’s past and gone away

 

Does it keep the truth within arms reach

 —when again we’ve lost our way

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)

 

 

Distant Storms

 

While calling to the ages,

  I gave up on today

 

All voiced precipitation,

  for someone else to spray

 

Writing above what’s forecast,

  with readers yet unborn

 

My words beyond the thunder

   —to ride on distant storms

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)