Convolutions Of The Mind At This Moment In Time.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

there is that moment
when you accept everything
that happens to you

you are touched and you let
it be as you close your eyes
and free your mind with the
whispers of the wind

your hair dances with the
rhythm of the sea while your
hands are anchored like tied
boats at the wharf

at this moment you think you
are no longer yourself as you
are different from what you
were the past days and weeks

it is at this moment when
you do not speak when you just
let the world speak to you in
slow cadences of comforting
assurances that everything will
be all right and that all these
are done in the name of love.


at this moment you have risen
above yourself and you see what
is left of you below as though
you are a god of some sort
yet not so confident about a throne.

here you are strong, calm and
edified and whatever happens next
there is this feeling which tells
you that death cannot be feared.