The Search (+6)

The deeper we get into

 the idea of what’s real,

   the further away we become

 

Trying to put our formulas

 into a box,

   is folly zero sum

 

Like the horizon before you

 that you see but can’t touch,

   the truth forever disguised

 

Its costume to change

 with every reason we claim

   —only the search bringing meaning to the wise

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

 

 

Bookends

 

Bookends of a dream

 —the beginning and ending of tomorrow

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

 

 

 

One Last Hope

 

He climbed the edge

Of uncertainty,

Ever upward

The fall so high

At the height of his

Desperation,

Plunging into regret

And sorrows tide

Hitting his last

Tomorrow,

Broken feelings

Left to drown

One last hope

The flow would wash him,

Into the pool

 —of knowledge found

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

 

 

The Open Door

 

Death at its zenith,

 the other side of life’s goodbye

 

Eternity waiting patiently,

 to welcome us inside

 

Always the dark misnomer,

 we hold in dread and awe

 

When really it’s an open door

 —to all we’re searching for

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

 

 

The Elusive Ghost

 

Can you be conscious

 without being self conscious,

 philosophers disagree

 

Being aware of your

 awareness,

 seems logical to me

 

But logic has its

 failings,

 as we pierce the inner mind

 

Perception,

 the most elusive ghost

  —and hardest to define

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

 

 

Sublimity

 

Do I think I believe,

 or believe that I think

 

Are they both the same thing,

 a pen with two inks

 

Does one include faith,

 and the other just mind

 

Or are they conjoined

 —symbiosis sublime

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

 

 

The True Story

 

Are you a conscious Poet

 with unconscious beliefs

 

An eternity of verse

 crying out from your sleep

 

Are your dreams more important

 than your waking hours show

 

Do they tell the true story

 —of all there is to know

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)