Keep It.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

the world is so huge
like the sky
the open space

yet you sit on a universe
only on one chair
situate yourself only in
one corner

yet you can only love
one, or perhaps lust on so
many other,

yet you can only die once
live once
cannot eat that much
cannot own that many

and you ask, you always ask
why is she so greedy? why is he so
cruel?

live now. learn much.
you only have five fingers for the counting
one lesser mind to think
one old heart
one happy soul. Keep it.