Bonfire At The Gate (+3)

Hiding inside the written page,

  reality slipped away

 

Buried inside a meaning deep,

  its wolves were kept at bay

 

With feelings ablaze, all answers were torched,

  a bonfire at the gate

 

New questions enshrined, false promises burned,

  with ash to mark the way

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2014)

 

The Falsity Of Time

 

A prisoner of the truth

  sole inmate of denial

 

Serving time falsely promised

  —paroled in cold exile

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2014)

 

 

 Three Thoughts For 10/30/2018   

 

Up Or Down

 

Unchallenged,

  we have nowhere to go

    —but down

 

(Villanova University Campus: July, 2014)

 

 

    To Believe In Both

 

I can believe in you

  and not believe in your art

 

I can believe in your art

  and not believe in you

 

Wouldn’t it be nice

  —if I could believe in both

 

(Wayne Pennsylvania: July, 2014)

 

 

 The Bottom Line

 

What you get

  is not always

  what you choose

 

What you choose

  is not always

  what you want

 

(Bryn Mawr College: July, 2014)