Dearest Juliet (+4)

What is faith

but a journey

What is time

but a moment

What is truth

but a figment

What is love

— but goodbye

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

King Of Beasts

Truth

a heavy burden

speaking loudest

from exile

The distance

and confinement

like a magnet

to iron

Imploding

within you

when ready

for travel

The weight

of

delivery

— the roar of the lion

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

Leaving The Flock

To understand

deeply

the one to the many

Salvation

unquestioned

the weakest in need

Your heart always

truest

when starting the journey

The sheep

that’s been lost

— where humanity bleeds

(The New Room: February, 2024)

One Voice

The playing field level

your words versus mine

A race to forever

embedded in rhyme

The score has been tied

neither side giving ground

Both phrases and couplets

inscribed to astound

It’s late in the game

when a stanza takes off

Outpacing the others

no images lost

As darkness approaches

but one voice remains

Returned from the heavens

— posterity claimed

(The New Room: February, 2024)

Unholy Grail

The Christians

and the Gnostics

can either sect be right

Would God omniscient

have created

such violence and blight

To kill and maim

rape and burn

for scripture misconstrued

Defies the spirit

and the mind

— disproving Him anew

(Villanova University: February, 2024)