Kurt Philip Behm Poems

Alone,
without being lonely

In love,
...

I cast my dreams
into the current's wake
—on the river of no return
...

Some came home…
but never came back

Some came back…
...

You have to be naked
inside a Poem

Exposed in its limelight,
...

Chasing after the flame,
in spite of the heat

To bathe in the light
...

What are we afraid of
if not ourselves

What are those shadows
...

I get along with
my father now,
better than when he was alive
...

A watch is forever subservient
to time

As each day bows down
...

The wingless eagle
went to the party of the owls
with his own wisdom
Intimidating the impostors
...

I don't want to be the one who shies away
and loves you less

I don't want to be the one asleep
...