Kurt Philip Behm

Your Smile (+2)

Loneliness visits

when stranded alone

Confirming the emptiness

—lost to bemoan

 

The darker the moment

the thicker it spreads

To lie and to cover

—my spirit in dread

 

It blocks every motion

I make to get out

Its shroud to enshadow

—within and without

 

As somber it tenants

it knows all the while

Its life but a memory

—the moment you smile

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)

 

 

Cartesian Gift

 

Rest assured in the knowledge you are

—without having to know why

 

(Dreansleep: May, 2022)

 

 

\'Walkin After Midnight\'

 

When death sent out its calling card

the heavens came in view

Psalms to reach the Angel’s ears

one voice had broken through

Grace within her every word

each feeling soul infused

Patsy singing from above

—to bless the chosen few

 

(Remembering Patsy Cline: May, 2022)