My Love For You Poem by RIC BASTASA

you buried something
deep,
in fact deeper than burying
someone
who died nine days ago,
since you want to forget
and forget
this forever, something that
you lost and would want it lost
and not want
to recover

from a distance i look at you
and shed tears for
what you buried
without much pomp of a ceremony

i pity
what cruelty you have to yourself
i bring a flower
for that which was buried and lost
it is something that i always
cherish and
remember with all the gladness of my heart
with all the gentleness of my soul

my love for you
deep in the layers of time
buried
still blooms