From The Coal Mine (+1)

From The Coal Mine …

Liars …

 early prophets

 of impending doom

(The New Room: February, 2024)

The Moment Shared

We often forget

wrapped up

in our own drama

— that everyone feels the same

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

Circle Game

The purpose of war

is peace

The guarantor of peace

— is war

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

Crucibles

Moss

hides the message

Whose altar

ascends

In joy’s

adulation

The pilgrimage

— ends

(1^st Book Of Prayers: February, 2024)

I Bequeath Thee …

Birthing a memory

 o’er future and past

To carry my words

inside others to last

Birthing a memory

o’er time and space

To those still unborn

— my welcoming grace

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

Four Steps

Incinerate

all kindling that burns

Articulate

the knowledge that yearns

Reciprocate

before it’s your turn

Elucidate

— each lesson hard earned

(The New Room: February, 2024)

True Fortune

Good health is loaned

— but never owned

(Deamsleep: February, 2024)

The Burning Bridge

When faith is abandoned

we live on old dreams

In time captured wastelands

barren demeaned

Believing the tattler

and spinner of lies

Desperation is sainted

epistles decry

“Music plays in keys of pain

shouting from below

Missals singed in pagan fire

ashes still aglow

Caught out on a bridge alone

burning from both ends

Martyred in our heresy

— darkness to befriend”

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)