On The Line (+5)

Kurt Philip Behm

Beyond academia

its cause and effect

 

Lies a power inherent

above judgment and theft

 

Atop its ivory tower

and smothering vine

 

Consensus is trembling

—with truth on the line

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

From 'The Book Of Prayers'

 

  Love On Display

 

You come to the Lord

in only one way

 

On wings of forgiveness

—love on display

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

Last Goodbye

 

A Poet with nothing

left to say

 

On bended knees

gets down to pray

 

Belief on hold,

his memory churns

 

Sleep comes hard

dreams toss and turn

 

A new starvation

fatal thirst

 

This deprivation

unrehearsed

 

Last ounce of blood,

the page is stained

 

No letters form,

no thoughts remain

 

A Poet left

without his voice

 

Dark road to travel

single choice

 

The sun has set

and not to rise

 

His final word

—a last goodbye

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)

 

Dying To Be Free

 

We have nothing to agree about,

there is no common ground

 

You clinging hard to all excuse

and me to reasons found

 

Thirty-five years and nothing’s changed,

   as you relive the past

 

Our blood runs thin, our names the same,

you feast on what I fast

 

With history gone, there’s nothing shared

except to disagree

 

You hanging on to a dying past,

me, dying to be free

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)

 

 

 

Arms Length

 

A vicarious metaphor

—the writer’s privilege

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)

 

 

Beginning Again

 

From silver to gold,

the years marched along

 

As language emboldened

its words into song

 

The grey of my twilight

a welcome relief

 

All reasoned excuses

now another’s belief

 

As the winds through the canyon

blow the valley to sand

 

This ending now welcome

—a new beginning again

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 1st, 2018 10:59
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  • Ecelis20

    Last line sums it up best I think. I really like it! 🙂

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    Thanks so much!

  • FredPeyer

    You are an incredibly gifted writer, Kurt. Your poems are a pleasure to read. Have been and am very busy with my work right now and may not have time to read everything, but will try to drop in every once in a while!

    • Kurt Philip Behm

      Thanks Fred, always a thrill when you comment. I hope busy is good!

      Kurt



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