What Heaven Sent (+5)

I've walked at a peculiar

angle

 

As I've laughed at peculiar

circumstances

 

I've aged in the most peculiar

of vacuums

 

And went on to love in the most

normal of ways

 

I've worked in a spirit

of defiance 

 

As I've traveled the many miles

from compliance

 

I've lived within the confines

of the moment

 

And written those things I

could never speak

 

I've seen the footsteps of

giants

 

Made by the intrepid feet of the

smallest of men

 

As the mirrors of my past have risen

in blind reflection

 

I've come face to face with

the only adversary I will ever fear

 

I've asked the age old questions

knowing there are no answers

 

I’ve taught the unschooled a language

they will teach again

 

I have vowed to seek recovery

for what the iconoclasts have broken

 

Until truth reclaims from power

—what was heaven sent

 

(Philadelphia Airport: August 1st, 2015)

 

 

In This Present Begun

 

Not grabbing

but reaching

 

Not pushing

but pulling

 

Not telling

but listening

 

Not beginning

or done

 

Not mad

but then joyful

 

Not sad

but then hopeful

 

Not before

or then after

 

In this present

—begun

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)

 

 

Writer's Block

 

Inspiration is always there

just reach inside—embrace it

 

All time on hold, new lines to share

the moment lives iconic

 

Words are formed by sweat and tears

not deemed or willed upon you

 

Each verse to go beyond the years

—to seal a memory true

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)

 

Life's Tenancy

 

Was that dollar Sunday morning

a twenty Saturday night

 

Is that empty bottle you can barely see

the excuse that started the fight

 

Is that torn and tattered jacket

what was once your Sunday best

 

Is your life worth more than nineteen dollars

   eyes blackened—never to rest

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)

 

 

 

At The End

 

Taking a last breath inside

  the final moment

 

All perception at once

inhaled

 

  —never to be released again

 

(Las Vegas: August, 2015)

 

 

Verum Ceptoris

 

No matter how much

you bandage a lie

 

The truth bleeds

—through and through

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)