The Cure (+6)

Truth,

  the social mammogram

 

Forgiveness

  —chemotherapy of the Gods

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

         Two Thoughts For 11/25/2018

 

       The Eternal Disconnect

 

Nothing could be further from the truth

  —than politics or religion

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

    Fool Or Legend

 

Only a fool or a legend would chase the one thing…

   that he will never find 

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

 

Locked In Kayenta

 

Where are you headed…

   the waitress asked me at breakfast

 

Where have you been to…

   I responded in kind

 

Never down to the Canyon,

   though I’ve always meant to go there

 

I’m headed to the Canyon

  —now go quit your job

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

The Piper

 

Drunk on the fear of our own misgivings,

  we stagger and stray…

     —toward the sound of the piper

 

(Grantham New Hampshire: March, 2015)

 

 

 

The Moment Sustained 

 

Each verbal success

  leads to higher new ground

 

Where the words beck and call

  with a heavenly sound

 

The trail to my future

   fades into my past

 

As the gift they inspire

  —my present to last

 

(Grantham New Hampshire: March, 2015)

 

 

 

Your Last Vow

 

Does music have a language,

 does feeling have a name

 

Is love the sole survivor

 that calls beyond the grave

 

Do excuses have a reason

 for the falsehoods that they spew

 

Does honor have a season

 to restore the faith you knew

 

Do all mothers have a father

 or just sons to tell their tale

 

Do all preachers write their sermons

 to rehash what God curtails

 

Are the words then just a token

 when cast out from the heart

 

Is judgment left unspoken

 with belief cut up in parts

 

Is direction now forbidden

 and all meaning thusly doomed

 

Is laughter all but hidden

 with its smile partly groomed

 

Is today beyond tomorrow

 and why replaced with how

 

Do the questions feign an answer

 indecision—your last vow

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)