Less Risk (+3)

The deeper the pond,

  the calmer the water

The older the wine,

  the richer the flavor

The longer the gaze,

  the sharper the picture

The fewer the words

   —less risk of conjecture

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)

Rooted Within

Carrying them with me,

   traveling through time

Words seed my memory,

   new meter and rhyme

Spreading them freely,

   over days fallowed thin

New verses sprout upward

    —rooted within

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)

Turn The Page

When the freedom

  to think

And the ability to write

  are at odds

    —turn the page

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)

Marking Time

Is your humanity held captive

 by your intelligence

Does your soul remain imprisoned

 for a self-inflicted crime

Are the wishes you made, abandoned,

  prisoners of the wind

Is the cell locked deep within you

  —on whose walls you mark the time

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2019)