Learn From The Ants Poem by RIC BASTASA

Did you say you
live in a box
where the entrance
and exit
look the same?

where the walls
are so strong
that to break it
you must obtain
divine permission?

did you say that
you were mislead
into getting into
said sameness that
you do not anymore
know which one is
you and which one
is them?

don't you know that
uniformity is their
design for peace?

that to deviate is
a rebellion punishable
by death? or stigmatization?

have you been isolated
and wonder if you can
still live for another day?

don't panic. There are
so many of us. If
you get out from there
we will be so crowded
outside the box
and you will surely
regret having come
out from there.

and those who dared
suffers the same fate
as those who didn't.

so keep the peace.
stay there and just be
quiet.Don't move.

Don't shake the box.
Don't hammer the wall.
Don't touch the door.
Don't nail anything
of the ceiling.

Just follow all the
instructions. Do not
ask for more. There is
nothing more.

I repeat, keep the peace.
Your life is short. And
the box is not worth
your struggle.

There is a right time.
To watch a sparrow
and then know it all.

What wisdom is left
Learn from the ants.