Too Much Thought... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i rake the boat
going to
an island

the trip is long
the sea is calm

people look towards
one direction

i close my eyes
lost in the labyrinths of
thoughts

the boat arrives
people disembark

i regret
philosophizing so much

i regret
closing my eyes

a man with his
camera
has taken lots of pictures
of the sea,
the islands that we passed
the trails of foams
that we left behind

with too much thinking
i agree

i missed life
i lost earth.