The Magnificence Of Distance And Silence Poem by RIC BASTASA

it is not the title
not the fame not the name
not the prestige
not the popularity

all these do not excite me

in search of meaning
the tall thin sorrowing man
searches his path
in the middle of this case
the same man
searches the light at the and
of this tunnel

the bat may rely on sound
but there is no sound
the snake may rely on the
smell of the stones
but there is no scent
and there are no
stones

i cannot rely on my senses
i still stick to the logic of losses
the logic of locating
and the consequences of finding
what i have lost that i may
soon find

upon reaching there
i shall surrender this noise within
if the stars permit
i will join in the magnificence of their
distance and silence