Your Voice Reversed (+1)

Kurt Philip Behm

You can go anywhere as someone else,

the masks and jesters play

invisible to sound and touch

the Lords and Creatures pray

 

To rent the future—sell the past,

the landlord still unnamed

invulnerable to what they sell

the real prize still unclaimed

 

To cry out once your voice reversed

lone echo at your back

the Landed Gentry comes and goes

—the crossroads blackest cat

 

(The New Room: April, 2022)

 

 

To Charge Within

 

I put a saddle on the wind

and rode it through the storm

 

The bridle placed, the buckle cinched,

the reins, my soul reborn

 

Inside each stirrup passion spurs,

the present close at hand

 

Behind whose mane I charge within

—in search of who I am

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

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  • L. B. Mek

    'invulnerable to what they sell'..
    (vaunted, that sea of belonging
    cajoled, wheedled and enticed
    we seek our shores, to belonging
    their buffet of lies sweetened
    insures, we'll surrender and comply
    just one more bite
    will surely get right
    mounting debts, whilst dreams decay)
    just another profound, write
    dear Poet
    (as ever, I humbly
    read and learn)

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    Thanks LB. Very kind of you.

    Kurt

  • Bella Shepard

    I keep repeating the second stanza, and so many things come to mind. A very thought provoking poem, beautifully crafted.

    • Kurt Philip Behm

      Thanks Bella. It's my favorite stanza too.

    • Laura🌻

      Dear Kurt,

      ‘Behind whose mane I charge within
      —in search of who I am’

      I love this ending and the line
      ‘the Landed Gentry comes and goes
      —the crossroads blackest cat’

      Thought provoking to say the least.

      Laura 🌻

    • Kurt Philip Behm

      Thanks again, Laura.



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