Kurt Philip Behm

To Rise Above (+3)

Closer to words

than I am to people

 

Meaning,

in place of love

 

Heart felt recital,

 truant revival

 

In script

—to rise above

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2019)

 

 

New Tracks In Search

 

My ticket punched, the fares been paid,

a train sits waiting, rails now laid

 

My ticket punched, the past on hold,

a future scorned, the present bold

 

My ticket punched, the whistle blows,

its light shines distant, truth aglow

 

 My ticket punched, a burning thirst,

a heart to quench—new tracks in search

 

(Villanova Station: March, 2017)

 

 

Forever Young

 

Is a poem ever finished…

or a song completely sung

 

Does today end with tomorrow

—is love forever young

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)

 

 

Fear Stalks The Night

 

Making sense of it all…

our grandest myth

 

Wisdom born of age,

bleeding youth’s betrayal

 

Questions dry unvarnished,

cold naked in the night

 

Darker darks reface the cliff,

all edges sharper cut

 

Two images, clearer than before,

preying in deadly contrast

 

Wonder imprisoning the day

—fear stalking the night

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)