Enough (+4)

I’m young enough

and old enough

 

And smart enough

and dumb enough

 

And rich enough

and poor enough

 

To laugh enough

and cry enough

 

But fast enough

and slow enough

 

To guess enough

and know enough

 

To take enough

and give enough

 

To think enough

—and feel enough

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)

 

 

Opening Night

 

Auditioning for life,

 a one-act play

 

Rehearsing my part,

to leave or to stay

 

The audience waiting,

the stage has been set

 

Opening night,

 my birth or my death

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)

 

 

My Words Remain

 

In the company of Poets,

I make my bed

 

In the company of Poets,

I rest my head

 

In the company of Poets,

my dreams congeal

 

In the company of Poets,

my heart revealed

 

In the company of Poets,

my thoughts are brave

 

In the company of Poets,

all time a slave

 

In the company of Poets,

my wishes fly

 

In the company of Poets,

my hopes ally

 

In the company of Poets,

the road is cleared

 

In the company of Poets,

my past endeared

 

In the company of Poets,

one wish sustains

 

In the company of Poets

—my words remain

 

(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: February, 2020)

 

 

Fried Oysters

 

When I got to Heaven,

God was gone

 

His desk cleaned out,

the Angels pawned

 

Not one scant sign,

he was ever there

 

Eviction notice,

pinned to his chair

 

My ride had left,

my ticket torn

 

No place to stay,

my hopes forlorn

 

Looking down,

I saw the truth

 

The clouds were empty,

destitute

 

All tenets followed,

a promise made

 

Those things I dreamed of,

the church forbade

 

So here I stay,

imprisoned high

 

No pearly gates

—the oysters fried

 

(Rosemont College: February, 2020)

 

 

With Tears

 

He who cries the loudest,

suffers the most guilt

 

The eyes of destiny staring back

 —the past with tears rebuilt

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)