Sound Bites: 6-4-2025

Kurt Philip Behm

Lighting Tomorrow

 

Memory’s

lantern

near empty

unfilled

 

Each night

in the darkness

to flicker

until

 

Your eye

without warning

a flash

unexplained

 

Forever

relighting

and fanning

— the flame

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2025)

 

 

Shamal Winds

 

Lost

in the deepest

recesses of myself

And happier

than I have

any right to be

The hidden

regions

my newfound oasis

A Bedouin

convert

— home among the sands

 

(The New Room: June, 2025)

 

Infestation

 

The American Dream

becoming

a nightmare ...

Conscripted

by strangers

new thieves in the night

Usurping

our freedoms

embedded among us

Invested in nothing

but

— what they can steal

 

(University Of Pennsylvania: June, 2025)

 

 

Leaving The Noise

 

He came into

silence

like fish

take to water

 

The only thing

constant

his being

alone

 

To wander

the alleys

of quiet

reception

 

The noise

and confusion

for others

— to drone

 

(The New Room: June, 2025)

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 4th, 2025 10:12
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  • sorenbarrett

    All beautiful but I particularly loved the one called Infestation, poignant and hard to disagree with. Very nice Kurt.

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    Thanks. A shame I had to write it.



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