A Tinge Of Lilac (+4)

My window opens wider

  as my focus narrows down

 

The words are now much richer

  than what I used to think profound

 

The light brings joy and substance

  filling corners deep and closed

 

Its breezes tinged with lilac

  —all negatives exposed

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)

 

 

Faith Rising

 

“So it shall be written

   so it shall be said”

 

A voice within the darkness

   whispers above my bed

 

“So it shall be written

    so it shall be done

 

“Your faith each new horizon

   —your love the morning sun”

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)

 

 

Poetic Triage

 

Today a Poet needs to cast

 a hook with many tines

 

To reel in those who’re lulled to sleep

 with cautionary lines

 

These days a Poet needs an edge

 much sharper than before

 

To cut through all the excess flesh

 —that blocks the metaphor

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)

 

 

Ipse Solus

 

 Not like her,

And

Not like him,

And

Not like you

  —I write!

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)

 

 

 

The Sun Will Come Up

 

The warts are ugly

  the wrinkles deep

 

The flesh now sagging

  deprived of sleep

 

The eyesight failing

   the hearing gone

 

But words still call

  —from tomorrow’s song

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)