How Sweet The Sounds Of Steps Emanating From Those Stairs? Poem by RIC BASTASA

the strength of
our love
is measured by
the spaces that
we reserve
on that long hour
of waiting

you ask me what
is it that must
keep us one?

i am telling you
were it not for the
emptiness of some moments
we would never have
cherished the fullness
of our longings

how beautiful are those
windows of the houses
that for once we have
decided to leave and
forget?

how sweet the sounds
of steps emanating from
those stairs?