Only A Poet…
can change feelings into air,
birthing new memory
Only A Poet…
can transform night into day,
lighting our spirits
Only A Poet…
can define the indefinable,
words meaning more than their letters allow
And only a Poet…
can stab time in the heart,
to bleed free and eternal
—only a Poet
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
Set Free
Poets…
Special Forces
Of the literary world
Rescuing confusion,
And then
Setting it free
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
Symbiosis
Poetry,
collaboration of one heart
and one mind
Written symbiotic,
for many voices
to sing
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
Its Only Cost
Here today and gone tomorrow,
the worm can quickly turn
A sun last set, all vision spent,
the sum of what you’ve learned
The baton is passed, your race has run,
the finish line now crossed
With memories firm and wishes free
—your soul its only cost
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
The Present Reclaimed
Escape in a Poem,
freedom unchained
Words come alive,
distant sirens renamed
Brevity conquers,
all urge to refrain
As magic unfolds
—the present reclaimed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
Reach Out With Your Spirit
You call it a particle
He calls it a wave
They call it energy
—I call it light
You’re locked in physics
He’s locked in quantum
They’re trapped in theory
—blocking all sight
Let go the dissection
Let go the mechanics
Let go the empirics
—your eyes then to see
Reach out for the music
Reach out for what’s timeless
Reach out with your spirit
—set yourself free
(Villanova University Monastery: June, 2019)