Ramblings

Foothills The physics of metaphysics … the part I like the best Where symbols yearn as planets turn —new twigs to build the nest (Dreamsleep: December, 2023) A Picture Imagery and symbols are worth a thousand words Why poetry is lauded but prose routinely heard To paint each word intrinsic as dawn brush strokes the day Each verse leaves time uncanvassed —mortality at bay (Dreamsleep: December, 2023) To Heaven And Back If birds couldn’t fly they wouldn’t sing The world would stop spinning and bells wouldn’t ring Wings are their freedom the sky their excuse To heaven and back —all hearts are infused (Dreamsleep: December, 2023) The Road Less Traveled Does the truth of the world lie in common experience Mathematics and philosophy forever say no Innovation and discovery fight shared understanding One should always be wary or forever —forgo (Dreamsleep: December, 2023) Bearing False Witness Death by omission death by nature Where evil misleads —deception grows (Dreamsleep: December, 2023) Lock Step Poets miming poets The blind leading the blind Mud stirring up from the bottom Concealing a likeness —in kind (Dreamsleep: December, 2023) Virgin Dreams Creating something as yet undiscovered Consciousness battles —as memory attacks (Dreamsleep: December, 2023)