All I Ask (+7)

Everything...

 is all I ask

In all you say

 —and all you do

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

At The End

The truth redeemed,

The past reclaimed

   —within your final hour

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

Bricks & Mortar

Intermingled,

 but not together

In your presence,

 but still alone

Hearing your words,

 but not your meaning

Leaving your house

 —so far from home

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

Wishing

Wishing I hadn’t,

 wishing I could

Going through the motions

 —of love

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

The Cusp

The prelude to a wish,

 all time conspired

Eternity on call

 —the night on fire

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

Time's Prison

If you call out loudly,

 the past will find you

The pain but a looking glass,

  all time a shroud

As memory surrounds,

 its prison reopens

Chaining the present

 —locking the future down

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

Crossing Over

Memory is a river,

 bound for the sea

One waterfall to cross

 —death’s waters to free

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

Still Unborn

How dependent are we on language,

 for the expansion of our minds

Each word a crucial building block,

 an archetype sublime

Can we think outside our diction,

 would our thoughts release and form

Or would truth and beauty, right and wrong

 —lay dormant still unborn

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)