Oh, I Love It Here... Poem by RIC BASTASA

you put me down
under
and so i live
down under
and i am telling
you
it does not matter

i learn, i move,
i keep saying
oh, i love it
here

you cannot put me
down
i know where i belong
i know my worth
i believe in myself
and i always learn and move
and i keep going

Papa always says
'my son, keep the faith,
no one puts a good man
down'

here in my own place
i keep the fire
i light this darkness
i exhale, i inhale,

oh, i love it here.