Your Last Vow

Does music have a language, does feeling have a name Is love the sole survivor that calls beyond the grave Do excuses have a reason for the falsehoods that they spew Does honor have a season to restore the faith you knew Do all mothers have a father or just sons to tell their tale Do all preachers write their sermons to rehash what God curtails Are the words then just a token when cast out from the heart Is judgment left unspoken with belief cut up in parts Is direction now forbidden and all meaning thusly doomed Is laughter all but hidden with its smile partly groomed Is today beyond tomorrow and why replaced with how Do the questions feign an answer indecision—your last vow (Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)