A Little Doubt Can Be Helpful Too.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

sometimes it is better
halfway

a door half-open is
perfect for our endless
possibilities

a half-hearted love can
only hurt that half

loving that full can be
so threatening

mama had always been too
wise not to put all those

chicken eggs in one basket
which papa did and for which

he utterly failed. The world
had always been safer

with its islands and scattered
seas. You cannot have it all

and so you cannot also lose all.
A hand hall closed. A little doubt.