Magna Carta (+2)

You once gave to me something,

you now want to take back

But its cord is umbilical,

my soul thus attached

The title to the future

in invisible ink

Bleeding free your reluctance

—inextricably linked

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)

Come Early, Come Deep

What you first come to learn

when emotions are raw

Bakes time eternal,

old men to recall

Before holy baptism

and the mirrored decree

Lasting impressions

—of what’s meant to be

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)

Blessings Counted

Looking down,

I’ve been so lucky

Looking up,

still more to know

Fortune smiles,

the road still open

Steeper yet

—but blessed to go

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)