The Way To Live And Die Poem by RIC BASTASA

to be without a shadow

or live without a mirror

to be an island without

a bridge or a city without

lights, or a boat without

sail or rudder, or a sky

without a star, to shrink

a seed in the smallest nook

or a door without a knob,

to have a window without

a curtain, a clock that

cannot tell time, i tell

myself, always, that is not

my way how to live my life

or how to convince you that

i for now, shall deserve

an untimely death.....