University (+10)

Larcenous validator

  of all truth unto itself

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2015)

 

 

Cemetery Of Dreams

 

We’ve allowed our cities

  to turn into jungles

 

And now act surprised

  when the animals bite and maim

 

Refrain:

 

     “The new ‘Heart Of Darkness’

        the hunted unfree

 

      “Our surprise at their rebellion

        but the blame plain to see

 

      “A planned isolation

        the haves from have not’s

 

      “Now a cemetery of dreams

        —for dark progeny to rot”

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2015)

 

 

Time Indentured

 

Walking the line,

  each step unmeasured and long

 

Walking the line,

  memories distant and gone

 

Walking the line,

  time seemed forever to last

 

Walking the line,

  the future indentured

   —to the past

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015 )

 

 

What Heaven Sent

 

I've walked at a peculiar

angle

 

As I've laughed at peculiar

circumstances

 

I've aged in the most peculiar

of vacuums

 

And went on to love in the most

normal of ways

 

I've worked in a spirit

of defiance 

 

As I've traveled the many miles

from compliance

 

I've lived within the confines

of the moment

 

And written of those things I

could never speak

 

I've seen the footsteps of

giants

 

Made by the intrepid feet of the

smallest of men

 

As the mirrors of my past have risen

in blind reflection

 

I've come face to face with

the only adversary I will ever fear

 

I've asked the age old questions

knowing there are no answers

 

I’ve taught the unschooled a language

they will teach again

 

I have vowed to seek recovery

for what the iconoclasts have broken

 

Until truth reclaims from power

  —what was heaven sent

 

(Philadelphia Airport: August 1st, 2015)

 

 

 

Oft Times

 

Oft times,

The smallest of things

Are the biggest of all

 

Oft times,

The softer you land

The harder you fall

 

Oft times,

Life is a present

Tied with ribbon and lace

 

Oft times,

The one’s you ignored

In your dreams have a face

 

Oft times,

The beginning and end

Join together attached 

 

Oft times,

Those doors that you locked

With new love come unlatched

 

Oft times,

The family lost

In new loyalty found

 

Oft times,

The things that you're not

  —free your world to go round

 

(Airplane To Las Vegas: August 1, 2015)

 

 

Imprisoned Within

 

When their finest work gets

  left behind

 

The great are often

  forgotten

 

Remembered only in

  metaphors of orphancy

 

Imprisoned within the brilliance

   —of a distant light

 

(Las Vegas Nevada: August, 2015)

 

 

At The End

 

Taking a last breath inside

  the final moment

 

All perception at once

  inhaled

 

   —never to be released again

 

(Las Vegas: August, 2015)

 

 

 

That Final Thing

 

Beyond genius

  the spirit flies

Beyond genius

  the mood decries

Beyond genius

  no courses rowed

Beyond genius

  all time disowned

Beyond genius

  the map refolds

Beyond genius

   a world untold

Beyond genius

  the critics gasp

Beyond genius

   no serpent asp

Beyond genius

  the telling stops

Beyond genius

  no on—then off

Beyond genius

  all sight and sound

Beyond genius

  the square is round 

Beyond genius

  no lies are told

Beyond genius

  what’s new is old

Beyond genius

  the heavens sing 

Beyond genius

  —that final thing

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)

 

 

Choosing Between

 

Can I still hate your politics

  and love your music

 

Do I have to hate your wife

  to feel your pain

 

Can I still love the message

  after rejecting its meaning

 

Do I have to choose between

  —again and again

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)

 

 

The Renters Sin

 

Own that space

  you walk within

 

Show your face

  the same again

 

The facts will change

  the weather turn

 

But only deep

  within you’ll learn

 

To own that space

  you walk within

 

All fear delinquent

  —the renter’s sin!

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)