Time That Matters

Fantasy,
  a past remembered

Travesty,
  regret in embers

Sophistry,
  no reason proffered

Majesty,
  the treasure offered

Artistry,
  the future tendered

Modesty,
  true self is rendered

Memory,
  where life is gathered

Presently,
 —the time that matters

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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