The Choice (+1)

Just because you can

 —doesn’t mean you should

     (and)

Just because you should

 —doesn’t mean you can

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)

Fear & Ignorance

Get through the dialectic

  before the day is late

Don’t wait for an invitation

  as they slowly shut the gate

The wolf now dressed in spun wool

  has broken from his cage

He hungers deep inside our fear

  with ignorance and rage

As traitors lurk in front of us

  to vanquish and to quell

All time has stopped, their curses screamed

  assassins pledged to hell

The moment to act is calling

  the odds both long and wide

This battle worth refighting

    for those before who thought and died

So if truth’s your greatest weapon

   wield it willingly and free

The enemy is upon us

  —and must leave on bended knee

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)