Waiting For Me (+6)

Still looking for that lost back road…

a lifetime spent to find

The one that’s waiting just for me,

to travel it sublime

It leads to my beginning,

every twist and every bend

To take me back inside myself

—all travel there to end

(Rosemont Pennsylvania: March, 2020)

'Punk' Tuation

I hate Periods and like most Commas,

a Full Stop turns me off

Quotation Marks I can endure,

but Semi-colons not

I love a good Exclamation Point,

all Question Marks so so

But my favorite is the Em Dash

—replacing most of those

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)

Mirage

The next time I see you

—you better be gone

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)

Lost Or Found

I write prose so I can write poetry,

and poetry so I can write prose

Never prose that calls itself poetry

—or poetry that’s lost within prose

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)

Rest In Peace 'Will Rogers'

I see someone I love,

in everyone I meet

The wellspring eternal

—its blessings complete

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)

Eyes Glaze Over

If the soap is running far and wide,

you need to check the box

Those leaks, the promises never kept,

from all that spew you talked

When eyes glaze over—attention lost,

its time to reassess

The truth has no expiration date

 —your faults to now confess

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)

The Most Convenient Truth

Where you stand tomorrow,

based on where you sit today

Your principles determined

 by what you get

The ground below you moving,

feet shuffling back and forth

Saying this and saying that

—remembering to forget

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)