Orphaned Shadows (+3)

Youth,

the perception

—of what time throws away

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

Her Eyes

There’s a power that only certain women have,

a force beyond words to describe

Where your breath is frozen, and your eyes are locked,

with every move freeing her guise

You surrender the only thing certain and sure,

your downfall worth all she unmasks

The future and past in a war they’ll both lose

—as you give what her eyes never ask

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

For Those

For those who will listen,

and those who can hear

For those it will matter

—your words to endear

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

Laid Bare

You have to be naked

inside a Poem

Exposed in its limelight,

a baby new born

Starving the doubt

by feeding the fear

Everything revealed

—your back to the wall

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)