The Lions Roar

Kurt Philip Behm

Can you save it in a poem,

as you free the words out loud

 

Can you write it as a picture,

softly drifting to the clouds

 

Can you fill the lines with music,

as the verse begins to score

 

Can you leave a troubled listener,

feeling better—wanting more

 

Can you deem the time now timeless,

with your message in the wind

 

Can you find yourself once breathless,

as your ending then begins

 

Can you defend the sacred question,

for those who came before

 

Can that poem with its gentle hand,

—release the lions roar

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 7th, 2017 10:54
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Comments2

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    I can feel your loss. At my age, I've experienced many; but not the one that you have. I have always believed that the strength/truth lies in the question (and the questioner) and not the answer.

    Answers seem to change, but there's a timelessness to the questions ... As Poets, we are charged with their care.

    As I said before ... You (and Michelle) are in my daily Rosary!

    Kurt

  • Tony36

    Great write and great questions



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