Kurt Philip Behm

Lost & Unclaimed (+4)

Standing in

baggage-claim,

watching belongings

go round again

waiting for something

that will never come,

an army of strangers

grab their bags and run

leaving me distant

adrift and alone,

as the carousel stops

—my location unknown

 

(Shangri-La Airport: January, 2004)

 

 

Sampson\'s Locks

 

She never kissed you

till she hated you

 

Her feelings deadly

—her motives dark

 

(Aldwyn: March, 2021)

 

 

Green Eyed Monster

 

Have you climbed to the top

of your little mountain,

only to find others

looking down

 

From heights far above you

that unable to climb,

you turn a blind eye

to the ground

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

 

 

 

DNA Deception

 

The real nature

in the term

human nature…

Anecdote

of learned behavior

—serving self

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

 

 

 

Tracking Upwind

 

A hunter

not skinner 

with quarry

so vast

Whose path

through the forest

is first

—never last

 

(Garrett Hill Pennsylvania: January, 2021)