Who do you call
when there’s nothing to share
How do you act
with tomorrow unfair
What do you dream
when your sleep is deprived
Why are the questions
though answered, contrived
When did your wonder
wander away
When did the path
eternally stray
How did the moment
slip over the line
How will you tell me
— your memory gone blind
(North Wales Pennsylvania: January, 2024)
Siddhartha
Divinity’s candle
stays burning alive
not born or created
conceived or contrived
Its light from the center
forever shines through
the moment’s unveiling
delivering you
To places all knowing
through spaces unknown
the mix in the crucible
its myth to atone
The vision self-granted
when time is deposed
confirmed refutation
— with nothing to know
(Villanova University: January, 2024)
Philosopher\'s Stone
Monetizing poetry
— the darkest form of alchemy
(Villanova University: January, 2024)