What Bells

If not a Poet

what would I be

A soldier, a sailor

a fading marquee

If not a Poet

whose soul would I claim

a saint’s or a sinners

to praise or defame

If not a Poet

which path would I choose

the known or untraveled

which one did Frost use

If not a Poet

what hills would I climb

what bells could I ring

— in place of the rhyme

(Dreamsleep: January, 2025)