Can you purchase tomorrow,
with yesterday’s wage
Can you eliminate sorrow,
still carrying your rage
Can you call out the answer,
with the question at bay
Can you set a reminder,
while forgetting your way
Can this moment unchosen,
be the instant that lasts
Can a heart still unbroken,
survive torment aghast
Can the choices you’ve made,
set the world all ablaze
Can you harness the fire,
—to ignite and amaze
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)