Casting Off The Bow Line

Casting Off The Bow Line

Goodbye

my unwed darling

I’m married

to this dream

Freedom

calling out to me

betrothal thus

redeemed

Bachelorhood

a Siren’s calling

Feted tween

the sails

Truant winds

to act upon

Legends

tell the tale

Setting off

this final time

Rudder

in my hand

Truth when hoisted

up the mast

Liberty

— commands

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

So Imbued

Crime without sanction

honor among thieves

Tomatoes tomattos

prudish obscene

Rules as their written

intention entwined

Good becomes bad

sight becomes blind

Credence engendered

by those so imbued

A prince or a pauper

depends on your view

The world in a tailspin

no two think the same

the baby the bathwater

— praising the blame 

(The New Room: February, 2024)

Time Awaits

Not connected to

the dollar

Courted

never wed

Engaged to no one

but himself

Making

his own bed

All fame and fortune

lost to fate

Constancy

of mind

Whose future readers

time awaits

His legacy

— to find

(The New Room: February, 2024)