Kurt Philip Behm

Memory\'s Treasure

Yesterday’s future

tomorrow today

subsuming transcendence

in all that we say

 

Perpetually present

the time to recall

all life in this moment

whose instant befalls

 

Begin a new ending

to whirl in the wind

the clock a reminder

its hour hand spins

 

Memory’s treasure

the fuel to inspire

each log a new effigy

—raised from the fire

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)