In Remembrance (+4)

If you say a man’s name,

he’s forever alive

Come hell or highwater,

  the reasons abide

Losing someone’s greatness,

losing part of our own

Entombed in remembrance

—shared forever alone

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)

Against The Wind

Embracing indecision,

abandonment confronts you

My branches sharp and pointed,

my roots all buried deep

I pity your reluctance,

as the forest casts you lonely

A single tree in meadows vast

—alone against the wind

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)

Once Denied

Fruitions seed is larger still,

get out your watering can

Fifty past one hundred years,

to shade what light began

Wisdom’s tree the hardest wood,

 millennium to rise

Truth ingrained, its bark unstained

—transcendence once denied

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)

Enchante'

Magic passes through you,

though never yours to own

Taking you beyond yourself

—gifted spell unknown

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)

Two Times

Sometimes,

you have to leave to come back

Sometimes,

the line needs to go slack

Sometimes,

the loss is more to be gained

Sometimes,

the past—twice rearranged

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)