Crossing The Baton (+5)

Tasting like music

each word marches on

Out of the vacuum

flavored in song

The future parades

on both sides of the bridge

The band denied entry

so close to the edge

 

The toll taker muted

arms point to the sky

Pedestrians hover

and wait to get by

Guide wires of silence

restrung play adieu

When the drum major signals

—it’s safe to come through

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

 

 

 

Primal Fears

 

When understanding dies

—blood is all we have

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

 

 

Prisoner Of Language

 

Will time live eternal

or just its retelling

A prisoner of language

whose paradox mined

 

Dimension in contrast

ill-fated contrition

To look but not touch

—and hope they align

 

(Rosemont College: December, 2023)

 

 

 

Through A Vacuum

 

Biologically tethered

time is the demon

Your flesh and your blood

by nature defined

 

Each tic of the clock

your heart beats in cadence

Dogmatic in method

caught up in the brine

 

What if your consciousness

took a leap forward

Abandoning reference

erasing the lines

 

Polarity exits

its jail through a vacuum

Releasing reversing

—becoming sublime

 

(Rosemont College: December, 2023)

 

Starting Over

 

Dig up the foundation

requestion each premise

Wade through the bathwater

the baby must go

 

A leap when it’s quantum

still subject and object

Fly out of the portal

—rejecting what’s known

 

(Rosemont College: December, 2023)