Kurt Philip Behm

The World In Denial (+5)

Old men making deals

the young taking bullets

 

Politicians to steal

no one to prevent it

 

Athletes and rappers

sit on the throne

 

Parents and teachers

their message disowned

 

Freedom on trial

both inside and out

 

The world in denial

—no place left to shout

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

The Cost Zero-Sum

 

The chances I take

transfigure my brain

 

The harm and the risk

metaphysically the same

 

They rush through my spirit

all fear on the run

 

Transformation now total

—the cost zero-sum

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

The Cure

 

Poetic psychiatry,

the now proven way

 

Much cheaper and faster,

once here—then to stay

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

That Which Sustains

 

The visionary dies,

but the image remains

 

To that we are faithful,

to that which sustains

 

The Poet is gone,

but his words are reborn

 

In the hearts of the needy

—those once left forlorn

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018 )

 

 

Down Through The Ages

 

There’s safety in rhythm

salvation in rhyme

 

Truth in the format

a structure sublime

 

To children and sages

their message rings true

 

And down through the ages

—speaks loudest to you

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)

 

 

 

The Minefield

 

Public exposure….

part of the game

 

Open disclosure….

paid for with pain

 

A window through time

opened once and then closed

 

Immortality’s portal

—the minefield you chose

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)