The Reasons Falter

Do you write the words

or do they write you

Are the feelings tattered

or something new

Do you speak in tongues

or in muted silence 

Are the moments sacred

or void of credence

Do the questions answer

themselves in time

Do the phrases mingle

but never rhyme

Do the reasons falter

excuse to reign

Do the moments linger

—tomorrow framed

(Newtown Square Pennsylvania: April, 2022)