Has the future made a profit
by selling out your dreams
Marking up expectations,
closing out self esteem
Interest bearing hopes uncashed,
wishes in arrears
Creditors loom, the past foreclosed
—tomorrow paid in tears
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)
Falling Petals
Asking for support and not your agreement,
I looked into your eyes
Seeing rejection, a stare blank and cold,
all connection was untied
Words became hollow, our rose only thorns,
a new distance did we share
Alone while together, the ending in sight
—reality laid bare
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)
The Future Of Our Cities
“Violence broke out again last night
in Gotham…
“No arrests have been made”
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)