As a Poet I’ve been everywhere,
while living in the void
As a Poet I’ve written about time,
while living outside its deception
As a Poet I’ve watched your hopes and dreams,
fade into dark memory
As a Poet I’ve searched and waited
—for what tomorrow never brings
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2019)
The Enemy Found
Screams to their naked advancement,
fire—the truth to resound
Cannon to their darkest intention,
death—to all enemies found
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2019)
Nowhere Left
Age now walks beside me,
a reminder of the past
Not a shadow or a mirror,
but a debt come due at last
Each step it locks in cadence,
my denial zero sum
A reckoning before me
—and nowhere left to run
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June 20, 2019)
As Answers Flee
Is the Poetry in the thinking
or the writing
Is the message in the reading
or the hearing
Is the feeling trapped between
what’s spoken and the silence
Is the spirit released as answers flee
—from questions yet to ask
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)
Trapped In Entropy
Going from the past to the future
Is a theoretical abstract
There’s no timeless reason we can’t go
From the future to the past
Our perception trapped in entropy
Keeps the order one direction
Our search for meaning stacked upon
—a theory not to last
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2019)
Indecision
Days and nights,
all yes and no
—indecision in my dreams
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)
The Jester
A Prince of Life,
A Prince of Death,
two courts for him to flee
One horse disappears under a
ransomed moon,
a drawbridge now unseen
Eyes close tight
and turn within,
all royalty disowned
As the King calls once
and the Queen calls twice
—the Jester on the throne
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)
Not Dispelled
If God and Heaven don’t exist,
their facade is fine with me
The simulation of a thought so pure,
will satisfy my needs
So take your theories and quantum math
painted corners left to dwell
I choose the beauty of a life divine
disproven—not dispelled
(St. Thomas of Villanova Chapel: June, 2019)