One Look (+1)

Kurt Philip Behm

You mortgage the future

 with the currency of time

 

To buy out your fate

 with more meter and rhyme

 

But one look through the darkness

 past devil and saint

 

Explodes your true oneness

 —the moment ordained

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)

 

 

Without And Within

 

The moment…

 something other than time

 

A consonant failure,

 its freedom in rhyme

 

Happening once,

 as it happens again

 

Beyond every measure

 —without and within

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)

 

 

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  • LaurašŸŒ»

    Kurt,

    A super write!
    l love that last couplet!
    Itā€™s like looking forward to that explosion of my
    ā€˜true onenessā€™ and
    ā€˜ā€”that moment ordainedā€™! Wow!

    ~Laura~

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    Thanks Laura. You always make my day!

    Kurt

    • LaurašŸŒ»

      As you have just made mine!šŸ˜Š

    • Nicholas Browning

      Nicely done once again Kurt.
      The theme of time is alluded to and described in many ways through poetry, but your take on it is refreshing.

    • Kurt Philip Behm

      Thanks again, Nicholas. Time dominates much of my writing.
      I'm currently reading a new book on Kurt Godel. I just finished
      'The Devil's Delusion' by David Berlinskiā€”fascinating!

      Kurt

    • whisperingquill

      Awesome as always SIR.šŸ‘šŸ¼ Thank you



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