My Friend I Hope You Understand Poem by RIC BASTASA

my friend things are different now
changes have come
and the order of the world
inside me has been
thoroughly
reshuffled

i like to think that my heart
is above my head
when we first met
and i was then
to bold to
hold the balance
between
rush and rash,

but it is different now
i got a name tag
and it is white
and laminated and
electronically
coded

much as i like to see you
in your world
i cannot anymore

i am bound to the law
of my ancestors