The Childhood Swing..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i do not need much
in so many ways i am
always contented with
what is there for me
with the here and now

the future waits for me
do i have a say?

so there you are
they are having pictures with power
hoping to get some
and take it to their homes

i look at the crowd
and tell life to just keep on watching
for did he not say that
life has a life of its own and
fulfills itself to you
and that all you have to do is
discern
and then nod your head and
make the signal
for

the needed going and coming
like the childhood swing?