If you can’t stand the criticism
put down your pen
Instead take up knitting
but caution the thread
Too thick and your stifled
too thin and your bare
As needles purl over
—what hides in despair
(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)
Memories In The Stream
Older than you were
younger than I am
Your memory grows inside me
keeper of the flame
Each day we spent together
our boyhoods reassured
Connected to forever
—we never asked for more
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: October, 2022)