It Has Given Me A Moment To Live, To Cherish And Survive..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i have never stopped
returning

what i say are words
well chosen

to conceal what i hate
and love

what i still cannot
understand the reason

for repetition this
shattering of beauty this

loss of calmness and
equanimity

whatever is the end of
this road i shall not

regret for i have chosen
what i have desired

though it may not be
redeeming but at least

it has given me a moment
to live, to cherish and survive.....