Fact.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

IF THERE be changes
about this and that
i will have all these and those

need i be like you
perfect
stainless steel
polished porcelain
telling the
world
that God has created us
all equal
and bestowed with all
beauty
that there be no change
that is needed?

what a thought
for one as beautiful as you
saying
there is nothing to change
everything is in place
everyone is
in itself
beautiful and then you
win

honestly
everyone is imperfect
and everyone has an inner voice
screaming
i want this changed
this is not the one i dream

and i agree
this is all imperfect and these must
be changed
if only there is a way
or a choice


honestly, there is no
choice
we are stones thrown
in a pavement
and all those who pass
and tread upon us
hardly notice