cross words for a crossword (saturday times)

lateral thinking
yet still there is no glimmer
blank squares staring back

striking out

my time approaches
answer only my own call
i am who i wish

request

body calls for sleep
mind calls for dreamtime downtime
listen to myself

witnesses

with no axe to grind
they can only tell the truth
let the numbers speak

won't see that again

time dedicated
in pursuit of nothing real -
time forever lost

first day

a new beginning
a path shared by so many
and yet untrodden

the freedom (not what it seems)

kite dances on air
movement tempered, limited
stays within known bounds

mammon, inc

as much as i want
is so much more than i need
think before i spend