The Best Thing (+1)

To believe or deny,

enlightenment dares

Our lack of acceptance,

a three-legged chair

We feel it and breathe it,

and live it for sure

As minds are left gasping

at something so pure

At this very point

rejection sets in

Our spirit’s attacked,

the reasoning thin

Century upon century

will come and will go

But what can’t be explained

—the best thing to know

(Rosemont Pennsylvania: December, 2020)

Hiding In Plain Sight

Tranquil and quiet…

 a walk in the park

Until life’s Trojan Horse

rolls in from the dark

Cancer invading,

you must parry back

Each moment recaptured

—a present still wrapped

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2020)