I Stand Accused (+4)

No more book fairs or tours

 no autographs signed

 

My words are my gift

 the privacy mine

 

No talk shows or fetes

 New York Times to eschew

 

Questions unanswered

 —my thoughts unreviewed

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2018)

 

 

Baptism Of Fire

 

His spirit denounced

 his body on fire

 

His words rechristened

 —the past but a liar

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2018)

 

 

Pieces Of My Heart

 

I lose myself over and over

  before finding my way again

 

Promises surely I will break

  pieces—my heart to mend

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2014)

 

 

Lost Forever

 

Music…

 drowning the words

 in false harmony

 

Honesty…

  lost forever

  inside the verse

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2013)

 

 

Those Who Give

 

Those of us who give nothing

  ask everything…

    —from those who give it all

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2013)