Father To the Man (+3)

I grew up

having never become an adult,

the years to now betray

My body infirm,

my vision impaired,

my hair has turned to gray

I grew old

while living within myself,

false promises to none

Retuning to boyhood

each night in my dreams,

my age still zero-sum

(The New Room: March, 2021)

Birthright

To understand the problem,

look from deep within

where logic and the sciences

are both cut wafer thin

Our thinking trapped and handcuffed,

when seen by reason bound

those answers we were given born

—unquestioned and profound

(The New Room: March, 2021)

Vindicta

Buried in the shadows,

hiding at night

Valor pierced and left to bleed,  

hemorrhaging with fright

Fangs exposed and deadly,

searing from within

Readying to pounce and strike

—vengeance to begin

(The New Room: March, 2021)

Answering The Call

Truth can’t exist

in the absence of courage

Words of appeasement

—freedom denied

(The New Room: March, 2021)