Owning
the memories
of the years
without me
I wonder
if your thoughts
ever drift
toward mine
Your distance
endemic
a broken
connection
Remembering
moments
our hearts
— intertwined
(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)
Grand-Pere
A legacy for a father
waiting uninspired
Painted by the numbers
paternity required
Angel guardian my lost friend
orphanage exile
Free me on this darkest night
lead me through denial
Empty titled nominee
robbers roost to hide
Salutation waits unborn
seeded but unrhymed
Grand-Pere whose master’s voice
birthed my infant scrawl
Fill me once then fill me twice
— to sire and enthrall
(The New Room: June, 2024)
The Glue
Before there was light
before there was sound
Gravity wandered
the universe round
Plotting the orbits
of things still to come
Spacing the essence
of all zero-sum
(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)