The Last Bell (+4)

Kurt Philip Behm

Senses untamed,

spaces to reign

 

Bodies that die,

spirits to fly

 

By length or by width,

time is a myth

 

Dimension aground,

essence refound

 

Eyes looking forward,

eyes looking back

 

Eyes looking inward,

soul reattached

 

All that was spoken,

providence sings

 

Grand sublimation,

—last bell to ring

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

 

 

 

The Debt

 

Buying my life back,

a Poem at a time

 

The debt was slowly paid,

in rhythm and in rhyme

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

 

 

Still Lost

 

Though great were Joyce’s writings,

—his preference was to sing

 

Irish ballads and Welsh folk songs,

his raucous nights to bring

 

With transience his dearest Muse,

words speaking for themselves

 

His truth to roar from greater depths,

—still lost within himself

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

 

 

 

Transfusion's Masquerade

 

 How can you teach Poetry,

or breathe for someone else

 

Sharing what your soul has freed,

deep within yourself

 

Can you cross a bridge unbuilt,

its toll not yours to pay

 

Squeezing blood from wounds long healed,

—transfusion’s masquerade

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

 

 

 

Distant Thunder

 

We were there,

but we weren’t

 

We took part,

and we didn’t

 

There was war,

with all affected

 

There was death,

and some objected

 

There was music,

we got lost in

 

Assassinations,

left us frozen

 

Alienation,

drove us inward

 

Graduation,

for beginners

 

Half a century,

now forgotten

 

Ten short years,

in time begotten

 

Raged a storm,

of hope and wonder

 

Alive today,

—a distant thunder

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

 

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 15th, 2017 08:55
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