Is morality an end point,
or a journey to begin
Are right and wrong just bookends placed,
or what then lies within
All Ethical persuasion,
to attain or just desire
Whose end result will never come
—enflamed without the fire
(Haverford Pennsylvania: July, 2019)
Verses Defy
Perfection and honor,
concealed in the words
Shame and disloyalty,
rejected unheard
Deep in a poem,
truth’s fealty hides
Inhumanity cursed
—its verses defy
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
Where Thunder Begins
All virtue intended,
but darkness conspired
The moon bringing shadows,
the wind bringing liars
Our memories entrapped,
as time’s myth reigns again
From clouds that are hidden
—where thunder begins
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
To Forever Amend
Trapped in the meter,
a prisoner of rhyme
My spirit indicted,
destroyer of time
A minstrels disciple,
epistle in hand
The sound and the rhythm,
my souls contraband
New couplets my jailer,
their sentences terse
The key to their freedom,
locked deep in the verse
And serving in silence,
chalk marks on the wall
I listen intently,
for one voice to call
Awaiting its pardon,
this conviction will end
My words liberated
—to forever amend
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)