No Fears, No Hassles Poem by RIC BASTASA

imagine that i am stranded
on an island surrounded by a big
body of water
infested with sharks,

imagine the fear
and the loneliness
and the alienation

but then, i always imagine
that you are with me
and i am with you
and that you are my god
who shall never leave me

and so on this island
where i am alone (i am not
equated with sadness
and loneliness)
i shall think of love
i shall always see
the fidelity of the sun and moon
and the sea that comes in waves
bringing me the
promise
the good news that soon
all these
will be over.