When The Rain Ceases.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

WE WILL SURELY
MISS YOU

but we cannot stop
you from leaving

you leave when
you want to
and we simply
watch the melting
steps of you
in the road of
our memories

WE WILL SURELY
MISS YOU

but we love ourselves
too and we
move onin the memory
lanes of our
lives

and then time once again
proves
that no one is indispensable
in the room of our
vibrances

our gates close and open
our doors know the value
of silence
and the patience of
noise

leaves fall
the sounds faint
worms turn to
butterflies
wet shoes dry
themselves on
the racks

a yellow raincoat
flies away
and everyone thinks
that it is but
a natural thing
that happens
when the wind comes
when the rain ceases

just like the way
you forget in umbrella
at night
when you finally rest
your weary eyes
into the deep tunnels
of sleep....