Solomon's Cloak (+1)

Truth is not an absolute

but an attitude of commitment

Throwing its blanket decidedly

over questioning and doubt

Paying deference to the moment

while blessing its intention

Choices made and choices bade

—verbatim roundabout

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)

Lineage Holds

A man loses his father

and adulthood begins

Bathwater draining

the baby within

A son who is sireless

new destiny’s child

Whose choice is to run

or to stand and beguile

Alone with his memories

one image sustains

The voice but a whisper

its spirit reclaimed

To carry the title

his lineage holds

A surname retendered

—new history untold

(The New Room: July, 2023)