Lifeline (+5)

Religion levels the playing field,

money replaced by hope

For those destitute with hills to climb

salvation—heaven’s rope

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)

Body And Soul

My life is a Poem,

not one chosen line

And travels within me,

each mountain I climb

It dwells symbiotic,

between body and soul

To hearten each moment

—keeping me whole

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)

Spirit's Transform

Theoretically,

we die from the moment conceived

Functionally,

we die when beset with disease

That space in between…

the land of our dreams

Where spirit’s transform

—our souls to release

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)

Emotional Bondage

Most days writing filler,

the Muse to appease

The words poorly chosen,

no ace up my sleeve

Each phrase a fulfillment,

old promises made

With feelings in Limbo

—my pen to enslave

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)

Above The Tree Line

Mountains make poor receptacles

for dreams

Oceans are better at that

The elevation reminding of all

that’s forbidden

Primordial—the higher you climb

(Dreamsleep: December, 2019)

Baptism Of Denial

No power

 can break a man's grip

on his own throat

Or offer redemption

with belief

unproclaimed

(Dreamsleeep: December, 2019)