Soundbites: 5-31-2025

by Kurt Philip Behm

May 31, 2025

Self-Owned

Remember

the day

you became entitled

to yourself

No debts to pay

no last charade

the circle closed

— indwelt

(Dreamsleep: May, 2025)

Reflection

Do we just recall

a memory

Or its cause

and its effect

Is consciousness

a chain of links

To front load

— or dissect

(Dreamsleep: May, 2025)

Beatitude

The deeper you question

the more you constrain

God’s true existence

to never explain

Loosen your grip

on what holds you back

Surrender to glory

— Divinity’s tack

(1^st Book of Prayers: May, 2025)

The Only Thing

Winning is always

undefeated

Score

to tell the tale

The victory plum

is zero sum

With glory

— to regale

(The New Room: May, 2025)

All Is Now

Unplugging tomorrow

recharging today

Conscripting the moment

— inside which we pray

(1^st Book of Prayers: May, 2025)

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Kurt Philip BehmMay 31, 2025

Thanks so much.

AdeseekeMay 31, 2025

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