Kurt Philip Behm

Fates Regret (+1)

The ending

hard

The ending

mean

Your future

soiled

But memory

clean

 

Your back bent

over

Your steps

misplaced

Your speech

a murmur

But one

last ace ...

 

A Robin

sits

Upon your

arm

And sings

of times

Forgotten

charm

 

And takes

your last

Begotten

breath

Upon its

wings

To fates

— regret

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)

 

 

Times Divide

 

I stray

on purpose

my will

redeemed

 

When left

of center

to swim

upstream

 

Against

the grain

my future

hides

 

On roads

less traveled

past times

— divide

 

(The New Room: December, 2024)