Complexities
message
within
simple rhyme
The shortest
route taken
to phrase
and define
What others
may see
but will struggle
to feel
Each word
chosen simply
like spokes
on a wheel
That turns
and spins freely
no gears
to obstruct
And rolls
ever forward
its path
to instruct
One day
to remember
as you sit there
alone
In foreign
confusion
the rhyme
— takes you home
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If The Shoe Fits ...
You lurk
in the shadows
voyeur
that you are
And wait
to pass judgment
from safely
afar
Your hands
never dirty
your alibi
clean
In a larcened
attempt
to steal
other’s dreams
You prey
and you stalk
behind words
you make up
To slash
from behind
with a knife
that won’t cut
But herein
you’ll die
as the silence
forays
To rot in
self-loathing
yourself
— to betray
(Dreamsleep: June, 2026)