Soundbites: 5-7-2026

Neither Here Nor There

 

Caught

in transition

Straddling

the line

Neither

here nor there

Truant

to define

 

Change

to mark my entry

Change

to bid my leave

Almost here

almost there

Living

— in between

 

*****

 

In The Rafters

 

Alone

he resides

in his fortress

Embittered

and humbled

by life

 

With four

darkened walls

to surround him

A kingdom

of sorrow

and blight

 

Self-pity

betroths

and becomes him

Engaged

to his torment

and pain

 

And hope

but a fleeting

lost notion

That hides

in the rafters

— unclaimed

 

*****

 

 

The Myth

 

Destroying tomorrow

in search of today

The myth in abeyance

— where present I pray

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2026)

 

 

False Words

 

With more than

one side to a story

Someone

is obviously lying

 

False words to defend

what at best is pretend

Truth as the victim

— there is no denying

 

*****

 

Three Words

 

The smile of a baby

the sound of goodbye

a moment endearing

a deepening sigh

 

Those things that we treasure

and some that we don’t

wrapped often together

in souring notes

 

There’s pain in the leaving

but joy that’s implied

upon your returning

three words in reply

 

A door shuts behind you

where love calls your name

and all through the wasteland

 — there kindle’s your flame

 

*****

 

Flowing Under

 

Rejecting the past

I found a way forward

My exit route open

all roads pointing East

 

Yesterday frozen

today flowing under

The cold and the barren

— whose waters run deep

 

*****

 

Lost & Missing

 

Knowing enough

to feel I’m right

But not enough

to know I’m wrong

Caught in the distance

of misdirection

Lost and missing

— a world gone wrong

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2026)