Waxing Arrhythmic

The way they come to me

the way that they’re heard

And written in haste

whether rich or absurd

Each vowel from the anthem

of consonant rhymes

Pronouncing arrhythmic   

with hopes to define

Religiously deigning

the blood from my pen

New veins on the parchment

—alive from within

(Dreamsleep: August, 2023)