There Is No One There Poem by RIC BASTASA

There Is No One There

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in trying to forget he escapes from the house of pain
time teaches him about doors that he needs to enter

time leads him to the doors of pleasures and one door
leads to another,
different lights and warmth and glitter
different scents and dance steps of love
lust as he must say
later in his life,

some names and places
soon he is undressed and he sees his body and face in the mirror
his hollow eyes
his thirsting heart
his emaciated soul radiating the inner glow of what is about to be lost
completely

he takes the exit and turns back
to the familiar places of this heart

under the tree the bark where two names are written
a heart carved, an arrow piercing

there is no one there
there is no bird singing anymore

the clouds drift and then go away

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RIC BASTASA

RIC BASTASA

Philippines
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