The False Panacea

Selling the sizzle and not the steak Milking a lie universities take In debt-ridden wastelands they prey on our youth With worthless diplomas — that mortgage untruth ***** Whims That Betray He sobs false remission to skirt admonition as his Guardian Angel smiles ... “What’s with the tears after so many years and choices rejecting denial “You did what you pleased without Heaven appeased and lay prostrate feigning regret “This game isn’t played at the whims of betrayal And called you must pay — for what tears can’t correct” ***** Love Centered Circle The things that I’ll miss are the things I looked past Those small hidden moments in memory that last Giving up little to chase what had burned Distracted I forayed the magic unlearned Now distant a loner I look for those tracks I made through greed’s sand to find my way back Because there in the center holding all that we give A love centered circle — where joyousness lives (Dreamsleep: June, 2026)