At Last, Together Once Again, In The Solitude Of Ourselves... Poem by RIC BASTASA

and so we just
ended as friends
after all those years
living together
suffering the same fate
in the same old house
of tradition

i told her
sleep by my side
i assure her
that her snores from
now on
shall not be disturbing

there is a sense
of longing in the forgiveness
of wrongs

a sense of hope in old age
praying for
a happy death
together

now we are left alone
by ourselves
as all of them, friends and kin
had all gone

breakfast is ready
you invited me
coffee without sugar
half a banana
a cup of rice
a slice of milk fish

an open window
with a view to the sea
a twig
with a baby owl on it

flapping wings for the
first time
eager to go away....