Kurt Philip Behm

Twilight Disconnect (+2)

The farther away you get from your essence

—the longer your nights become

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2021)

 

 

To Glen Campbell

 

Hitchhiking Angel,

twelve stringed harp,

wandering spirit

—Elk City wind

 

(Tucumcari New Mexico: January, 2019)

 

 

A Silent Toll

 

Are you everything you could have been,

the moments gone,

the wafer thin

 

While reaching out did you lose hold

of what defines you,

a broken mold

 

The chase elusive, running wild

into the darkness,

a bastard child

 

To reach old age before your time,

a broken bell

—that cannot chime

 

(Villanova University: July, 2021)