Kurt Philip Behm

More A Feeling (+3)

It’s not about technique

  or style or genre

 

But something more…like a reflection

  or memory once known

 

Its light coming through

  a universe dark…undiscovered

 

Its message more a feeling than any genius

    —or logic grown

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 27th 2016)

  Watching Elton John’s Free Concert

 

 

New Millennium\'s Curse

 

Compression ingestion

The world to implode

The numbers decreasing

—all resistance explodes

 

From diamond to carbon

Wheels spin in reverse

The groundhog, the treadmill

—new millennium’s curse

 

(Brooklyn, New York: March, 2016)

 

 

Beyond Words

 

Are the questions far better

  than the answers?

 

Do they contain the possibility

  that definition never will?

 

Is the magic of perception

  open ended in wondering why?

 

Is the essence of life itself

  beyond what words can ever tell?

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2016)

 

 

 

 

Through The Keyhole Darkly

 

Through the keyhole darkly,

  he could now remember his name

 

Through the keyhole darkly,

  his medicine kicked in once again

 

Through the keyhole darkly,

  he knew his daughter by her face

 

Through the keyhole darkly,

  he was now back home in his space

 

Through the keyhole darkly,

  his dog was closely by his side

 

Through the keyhole darkly,

  his eyes though saddened, opened wide

 

Through the keyhole darkly,

  her voice unwrapped a precious gift

 

Through the keyhole darkly

  a love once anchored, set adrift

 

Through the keyhole darkly,

  he felt the light begin to dim

 

Through the keyhole darkly

  his markers fade, his reference thin

 

Through the keyhole darkly

  the killer thief arrives once more

 

Through the keyhole darkly

  all loss of self—a closing door

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2016)