Without The Fire (+3)

Is morality an end point,

or a journey to begin

                Are right and wrong just bookends placed,

   or what then lies within

All Ethical persuasion,

to attain or just desire

Whose end result will never come

—enflamed without the fire

(Haverford Pennsylvania: July, 2019)

Verses Defy

Perfection and honor,

concealed in the words

Shame and disloyalty,

rejected unheard

Deep in a poem,

truth’s fealty hides

Inhumanity cursed

—its verses defy

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)

Where Thunder Begins

All virtue intended,

but darkness conspired

The moon bringing shadows,

the wind bringing liars

Our memories entrapped,

as time’s myth reigns again

From clouds that are hidden

—where thunder begins

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017) 

To Forever Amend

Trapped in the meter,

a prisoner of rhyme

My spirit indicted,

destroyer of time

A minstrels disciple,

epistle in hand

The sound and the rhythm,

my souls contraband

New couplets my jailer,

their sentences terse

The key to their freedom,

locked deep in the verse

And serving in silence,

chalk marks on the wall

I listen intently,

for one voice to call

Awaiting its pardon,

this conviction will end

My words liberated

—to forever amend

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)