The Invincible Concept Cannot Be Drawn Actually Poem by RIC BASTASA

i like it simply
because it is simple
and so we make it as simple
as it should &
must be

more graphical
representation of what
is not yet inconceivable?

an empty page
with definite boundaries
it is a rectangular world
with ballpoint
edges

our thoughts are likened to
boats of old
people who believe that
beyond these
rectangular boundaries
we all
must fall
and eaten
by dragons
raised by the
gods who take
vengeance upon us
and our ancestors
because we are
hardheaded

about what?

they say Here, here,
and then There


but where? and then
they say
the blank page is
actually
an elephant's
pachysandra
where we ride

and that the elephant
is carried by another
elephant and another
elephant
on top of each
other's
innocence

i shake my head
seventy-seven times seven
upon this faulty picture
of a contrived reality

is this the way
to explain that we must
survive
without so many
questions?


i must think
that beyond the four corners
of this rectangular world
are birds with a million wings
and they
are invincible

and we do not know
where they are now
we haven't heard
and so here we are in the
middle of this journey
this falling with no one to
catch us
dreaming of
ocean floors
wishing for the
blue skies