The Enemy Upon Us (+5)

Get caught in the dialectic

  before the day is late

 

Don’t wait for an invitation

  as they slowly shut the gate

 

The wolf now dressed in spun wool

  has broken from his cage

 

He hungers more for what we’ve lost

  an ignorance of rage

 

A traitor lurks in front of us

  to vanquish and to quell

 

But time that stops for no one man

  the assassin pledged to hell

 

The moment to act upon us

  the odds both long and wide

 

A battle still worth fighting

    for those before who thought and died

 

So if truth’s your greatest weapon

  wield it willingly and free

 

The enemy is upon us

  —and must leave on bended knee

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)

 

 

Absolution Within

 

The intrinsic beauty

  of the present moment

 

Exploding our consciousness

  rewriting the hymn

 

Outracing the words

  to an epiphany of reflection

 

Outpacing all time

  —absolution within

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)

 

 

 If

 

If wishes were dreams

  —eternity could sleep

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania, July 2016) 

 

 

Dystephany

 

The creative process

  in a repressed spirit…

 

Its pressure a magnet

  —attracting the light

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: Watching the 3-Hour Eagles Documentary: June, 2016)

 

 

Miami Heat

 

The sand was hot

  as she came up behind me singing…

 

 “You put the ‘Man’

   back in Romance

               

  “And I’ll put the ‘Lay’

    back in Lady”

 

(Miami Beach Florida: May, 1982)

 

Forgotten & Lost

 

Art, the DMZ

  between wishes and dreams

 

Escape for the traveler

  —forgotten and lost

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: Watching The Eagles 3-Hour Documentary: June, 2016)

 

 

That Space Inside

 

Leaving room

  for the reader

  to grow within

  what you write

  insures immortality

  connecting your words

  permanently to their

  feelings

  creating a home

  where the meaning

    —can live

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: Watching The Eagles 3-Hour Documentary: June, 2016)