I Am Giving All These Condolences To You Poem by RIC BASTASA

at first i encourage you to write a
poem

you do not have to be a poet to write
one

inside myself is the fire that keeps on
burning

no dark night no cold wind no idleness
has quelled it

it is this art that has keeps me going after a
hard day

i am confident that i can manage despite the
piles of work

it is this art that conquers the impossible between
us

i have long wanted to share this to you as i once
if you remember

told you to write a poem for me but you did not
hesitate to take the snore instead

opting for a dream inside the stupor of another world
where you are but only the spectator

you do not create you do not imagine you have never
shared

some bits of yourself, and so i am giving all these
condolences to you

you are dead.