Alone (+5)

I pointed my nose into the wind,

my eyes along the skyline

Waiting for a signal,

the past to throw a bone

I placed my ear unto the ground,

listening for redemption

Tasting all the empty years,

bereft of touch—alone

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2018)

Breaking Through

An unbridled affection for writing,

an unfettered attempt at the truth

An unbending rebut of excuses

—a Sage lost in the promise of youth

(Dreamsleep: March, 2017)

The Pigeon's Hole

Science lays the trap,

enlightenment the bait

Tempting with its lies

—eternity a date

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Albert's Folly

Particles in the void,

memories in the stream

Lovers in the mist

—time caught inbetween

(Rosemont Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Grains Of Time

A gold mine under a closed saloon,

empty bottle on the bar

While we wait and while we hope,

old memories travel far

Its sidewalks float with the summer rain,

nuggets rising through the sand

What was once will be again

—each grain of time at hand

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

The Numbers Fail

In Newtonian Mechanics,

the future is the past

What lags behind, what sits ahead,

the Jester only laughs

A one for one relation,

its truth in bas-relief

The numbers hail, the numbers fail

—empirical deceit

(Villanova University: January, 2020)