A Wanton Barter (+2)

Everyone’s life is tragic,

but who calls out the score

 

The Jester or the Hangman,

the Undertaker sure

 

Everyone’s nights are haunted,

when sleeping with the Muse

 

Each dream a wanton barter

—your memories to lose

 

(Haverford Pennsylvania: May, 2020)

 

 

Dark Summit

 

The top of the mountain

—how do you spell alone

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2020)

 

 

Dances Freely

 

All of our passions,
border on sin

The reasoning gray,
the line often thin

All of our joy,
dances freely between

That Angel above 
—and a Devil unseen

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)