To Catherine Deneuve (+2)

I gave my heart to someone in the rain,

the clouds exploding, witness to my vows

 

The water carrying away each fervent wish

—to stream in happy aqueducts of love

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2021)

 

 

"In A Small Pond"

 

While safe in my corner,

so sure of myself

 

I criticized everything,

what’s thought and what’s felt

 

Secure in the fantasy,

my back to the wall

 

Returns to diminish

—the big to the small

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2021)

 

 

 

Perpetuo Adest

 

We serve the moment,

bespeaks the Lord

 

To live eternal

—in time untoward

 

(The Book Of Prayers: January, 2021)