Sound Bites: 6-4-2025

Lighting Tomorrow

Memory’s

lantern

near empty

unfilled

Each night

in the darkness

to flicker 

until

Your eye

without warning

a flash

unexplained

Forever

relighting

and fanning

— the flame

(Dreamsleep: June, 2025)

Shamal Winds

Lost

in the deepest

recesses of myself

And happier

than I have

any right to be

The hidden

regions

my newfound oasis

A Bedouin

convert

— home among the sands

(The New Room: June, 2025)

Infestation

The American Dream

becoming

a nightmare ...

Conscripted

by strangers

new thieves in the night

Usurping

our freedoms

embedded among us

Invested in nothing

but

— what they can steal

(University Of Pennsylvania: June, 2025)

Leaving The Noise

He came into

silence

like fish

take to water

The only thing

constant

his being

alone

To wander

the alleys

of quiet

reception

The noise

and confusion

for others

— to drone

(The New Room: June, 2025)