Poetry: STORM SURGE [from the forthcoming collection "Bushido"]

Resolutely
the past
stands
Against the
sweep the surge of
time and
circumstance
Such damage as
is done can be
Redone if never entirely
Undone
Vestiges
of the old order
persist even as
the shock
Of the new 
fades
The symphony and
Nocturne
survive
Amid the beeps and
drones
Of K-pop and
Country-rap
It’s mostly the
same
to me
I’m enthralled neither
by nostalgia nor
Futurism
Each has its own
values and vicissitudes
Yet I recognize that
The intensity
of the storm gives
greater glory
to the
Structure that
stands