As the eagle discerns – at rest – the limits of his gifted sight ahead It is from behind, his view is noted, and from a […]
I REMEMBER … My Soul Passed Over – Beyond That Time (Poem 91)
[sc_embed_player autoplay=true fileurl=”https://bypapi.com/wp-content/uploads/I-Remember-my-soul-passed-over_91.mp3″] I remember as age gave way to my pedagogic prowess that others might learn the commands From that to me entrusted, due to […]
O SOUL now ENTER LIFE and ENTER DEATH (Poem 96)
O Soul – now Curious . . . Enter life and know that timidity transcends selfishness, choose into which womb ye now go For amid this […]
in the stillness of divine love … Marry with me … (Poem 57)
Now my soul is released in harmony, to no longer oppose this joined to me. In wisdom and understanding, we ascend this path – spiraling forth […]
Little Boys (Poem 93)
[sc_embed_player autoplay=true fileurl=”https://bypapi.com/wp-content/uploads/Little-Boys_93.mp3″] Little Boys are repeatedly told – you’ll become a man when you get to be grown So they search early for ways to […]
Fear Speaks To One and One Speaks To Fear (Poem 56)
Who dares stand before this gate without javelin or sword in hand for I’ve known not any? Warriors and mighty kings have all come challenging from […]
In My Dreams . (Poem 94)
In My Dreams I have spent incalculable hours incarcerated in the most ancient of places Deplorable conditions in which to survive challenged the most worthy of […]
The Precept of Time (Poem 85)
The movement of time so impedes our plans, it moves – way too fast – or moves way too slow There’s never enough time to get […]
Of Certain Tears (Poem 78)
Many things in life – seem much too difficult to speak of … they are extremely hard to face They are just not easy to understand […]
Tis perhaps — but it all made me cry (Poem 72)
To the beggar a pearl give I to watch where his hand – then goes ‘Tis perhaps – fault of others why travels he weary – […]