The Only Cost (+4)

Kurt Philip Behm

Painting myself into an emotional corner

 feelings trapped and staid

 

Family eliminated one by one

  old hurts and wounds replayed

 

Each year a brick in this wall of pain

 to shield me from the loss

 

Isolation my next of kin

 —love the only cost

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2019)

 

 

The Cost

 

The more we are given

  the more that gets taken away

 

As Stephen Hawking looks out

  from his empowering inferno

 

His vision to create and inspire

  anew…

 

Exhausts the very flame

   —he lives to ignite

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)

 

 

 

Veracity

 

Can truth exist

  within a vacuum

 

Can it stand alone

  without listener or teller

 

Can its words contain value

  left to themselves

 

Can its verity outlive

  its many disciples

 

Can its hope transcend

  all circumstance and change

 

Can truth given unto itself

  —exist at all

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)

 

 

If You Ask...

 

If you ask the right questions

 expect silence to answer

 

When begging for the truth

 —your poverty shows

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2019)

 

 

On Spoken Wings

 

Have you done enough

Have you seen enough

Have you loved enough

  —until an Angel sings

 

And the Heaven’s sigh

Your last goodbye

Your last goodbye

  —on spoken wings

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)

 

 

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 26th, 2019 00:18
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  • Laura🌻

    Kurt,

    • “The Only Cost”

    ‘Isolation my next of kin
    —my soul the only cost’

    That’s a heavy price to pay!

    As I repeatedly read and dwell upon the meaning intended to be conveyed with this poem, I feel the pain!

    The words you’ve penned are very powerful! With each read, the pain intensifies!

    ~Laura~

    • Kurt Philip Behm

      The tragedy of family sometimes.

      Thanks

      Kurt

      • Laura🌻

        I think every family has “tragedy” to some degree! Some more than others!

        We’re the only ones who can decide how tragic our “tragedy” is/was!!


      • Neville

        charged with emotion fueled by losses..... and somewhat ironically enjoyed by me..... Neville

        • Kurt Philip Behm

          Thanks for reading, Neville.

          Kurt

          • Neville

            pleasure's mine



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