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Kurt Philip Behm

The Self

Free Will

And Love

 —the three grand illusions of life

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)

 

 

Dark Passage

 

The night is a den

 of mixed horrors

 

A trap

 where you sleep with the dead

 

Any light

 that’s remiss or left vacant

 

A pathway

 —to gravestones unread

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)

 

 

That Beckoning Star

 

The Siren of fate

 lures you onto the rocks

 

Her beauty enticing

 while masking what’s not

 

A shipwreck of horrors

 that’s not what it seems

 

Luring you onward

 away from your dreams

 

A phantom discovery

 a fool’s masquerade

 

Its promising temptress

  an ill mannered charade

 

And once you discover

 your mortality is near

 

You flail and you panic

 while sinking in fear

 

The distance you’ve traveled

 at a liars demand

 

Weighs heavy as you manage

 one last spoken command

 

Shouting out to your comrades

  to stay where they are

 

Searching only within

 —for that beckoning star

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)

 

 

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 29th, 2019 10:11
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  • Laura🌻

    Kurt,

    Your words in the first poem are powerful!
    My comment is...
    yes
    yes
    yes
    —and YES!
    Your write made me think of a powerful quote that yesterday I was reminded of...

    “All those moments
    will be lost in time,
    like tears in the rain.”

    ~Laura~

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    Beautiful! Thanks Laura.

    Time is really the 'Grandest Illusion.'



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