To Joseph (+2)

Who do you call

when there’s nothing to share

How do you act

with tomorrow unfair

What do you dream

when your sleep is deprived

Why are the questions

though answered, contrived

When did your wonder

wander away

When did the path

eternally stray

How did the moment

slip over the line

How will you tell me

— your memory gone blind

(North Wales Pennsylvania: January, 2024)

Siddhartha

Divinity’s candle

stays burning alive

not born or created

 conceived or contrived

Its light from the center

forever shines through

the moment’s unveiling

delivering you

To places all knowing

through spaces unknown

the mix in the crucible

its myth to atone

The vision self-granted

when time is deposed

confirmed refutation

— with nothing to know

(Villanova University: January, 2024)

Philosopher's Stone

Monetizing poetry

— the darkest form of alchemy

(Villanova University: January, 2024)