Reasons Demand

Sometimes the words mean what they say, and sometimes they don’t Sometimes the feelings rot and decay, and sometimes they won’t Sometimes the vision is based on your sight, and sometimes it’s not Sometimes your hope is based on a dream, and sometimes forgot Sometimes the face is someone you know, and sometimes it’s different Sometimes a home is where you must go, and sometimes it’s distant Sometimes the flag is meant to be waved, but sometimes you can’t Sometimes your anger you try to enslave, but sometimes you rant Sometimes the meaning gets caught between lines, and sometimes it doesn’t Sometimes a verb will murder a noun, and sometimes a dozen Sometimes the day surrenders to night, when nobody’s watching Sometimes the night forces sinners to pray, as destiny’s stalking What’s old again new, all time to eschew, both past and then future As reasons demand what excuses command, the ending unsutured (Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)