Patches on the quilt of life,
letters sew not rend
Memory darning time to time,
future warmth depends
Words left tattered, words that bind,
ragged breath portends
To stitch it once and have it last
—tomorrow on the mend
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)
Inspired By Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ronnie Van Zant
“If It Ain’t Worth Remembering, It Ain’t No Good”
Until Then
Until you really love someone,
you don’t know what you’ll do
The old rules self-abated,
priorities renewed
Until you really love someone,
you won’t see past yourself
Your life upturned, your role reversed
—your soul to someone else
(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)
The Borderline
I dare you
not to read the words,
I double-dare you true
To live outside
a sentenced life
—your spirit unrenewed
(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)
Love Demands
Damned when we do, damned when we don’t,
the end works out the same
As love demands its pound of flesh
—the lion never tamed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)
‘Inspired By Daniel Turner’
Surrendering To Love
All passion enslaved to Aphrodite,
her chains beyond silver or gold
Where time will forever surrender,
to love—never purchased or sold
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: February, 2020)
Charlatan Of Verse
An empty voice with naught to say,
a barrel hollow born
To spout and spew, pontificate,
a hairless sheep forlorn
With lines recopied, often stole,
released, his name to bear
A charlatan of spoken verse
—embezzled words to share
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)