Speechless

I am Speechless begins this disarming expression Clueless I grow as I look for a hook on the fish at the Nile My words have become silent mutterings in the face of perplexity Soliloquizing with mouths taped with weights beyond me My lips break from caressing the cold winter So that the flakes of the...

Life’s Indices

The change we seek lies in the conviction from within our minds For we must first understand that we have the very might To cause change and to experience life differently And to redeem ourselves from all shame and lameness immediately This knowing eludes apathy and sheer disbelief It motivates and negates the notion that...

Lost in the Middle

Will I remain in the shadows of the unknown? Where my real self dwells in excruciating shedding Familiar voices suggest I have overgrown Yet my intentions appear interesting Lost in the middle   Just like the crusaders conflict 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries That deposited worries in sizeable sanctuaries My paintings have become drab pictures...

Earthen Crossroads

Shall we again plunge into the muddy waters of creation, And bathe our souls in the witty spell of the Ancient of Days? Wherein the gallant adder camps like a platoon in a faraway nation? The shepherd’s sheep now munch stones, they seldom graze.   Shall we again bask in the tomb of utopian tenderness,...

Immortal

Mankind, with His blood, He insured The turns of the thorns in his palms He endured With vinegar His thirst soon quenched His garment, a bloodied tatter, drenched Enshrouded in the tomb of disdain Roman kinsmen rejoiced at the savior’s pain Chimes and noisemaking, wines and merrymaking They ate and drank with voracious craving His...