Kurt Philip Behm

Every Moment (+3)

What do you use

to measure success

 

Is it gold

or a memory that shines

 

Your wealth in a bank note

or choices now free

 

Every moment

—more precious with time

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2019)

 

 

 

The Hydra

 

Still holding onto yesterday,

tomorrow calls my name

 

The comfort of what time has blessed,

my life within its frame

 

Those two directions—front and back,

a hydra running loose

 

Do I embrace what’s in the past

—or what is yet to choose

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

 

 

Heaven Made

 

Does an animal have

a sense of itself

 

To once question

why things are this way

 

Does it think about freedom

beyond our recall

 

As it lives and then dies

—heaven made

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

 

 

Courting Truth

 

 Do you intimidate yourself…

If you do

You need to go back to work

Mining the fear

Destroying your ego

Intrepidation courting truth

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)