Kurt Philip Behm

Warming The Night (+4)

In the beginning there were cold rocks with

painted animals that chose which way you’d run

toward or away from tomorrow’s undoing

in search of what the present can’t find

looking into the future with blind refusal

at the corner of time and space

taking back what forgiveness wouldn’t share

heating each rock until the images dance

—warming the night of a thousand dreams

—warming the night of a thousand dreams

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

 

 

 

Unholy Water

 

Has evolution

gotten bigger than God

 

 With Darwin the prophet,

a wink and a nod

 

Has almighty reason

rechristened itself

 

To worship false dogma

—in spite of what’s felt

 

(The New Room: February, 2021)

 

 

 

Moving The Goalpost

 

To what extent

is reality persuadable

 

Are the fence posts in concrete,

the commas unknown

 

Are the laws of existence

as such, redefinable

 

The axioms fluid

—truth more than is shown

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

 

 

 

Matthew 7.7

 

Truth is a question,

all answers abstain

 

Its dream open ended

—wonderments gain

 

(The Book Of Prayers: February, 2021)

 

 

 

 

Truth Inflected

 

The question you didn’t have to ask...

the only answer you need

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)