To The Curious Friend.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

of course
we know what we love
yet we also know
the limit of
what we can
do

we know how wide the
field is
yet you know
how fences can be
made
to stop this
chaos

do not ask us
we always know what love is
we shy away
from hate
we discard indifference
we find no use
of them

do not ask if we
are happy
we know what happiness is
do not utter the
word
sadness
we do not use it
here

we know what we cannot have
and we do not wish
to give you any