A Note That You Must Read When You Wake Up Poem by RIC BASTASA

before i embark on another trip today
i depart from the usual

silence, there is something inside me that wants
to

say something, like a note that i have written last night
which i put

inside my pocket and if by chance my tongue cannot get away
from its sealed

lips, i may just take that note and put it beside your table while
you are

still asleep, and if i had to, if i shall not forget, I'll put
a rose beside it,

the one that i pick from your garden, still fresh with dew on its
petals,

it is like, i only give what i take from you, a rose from your garden,
and a note from me, that despite all those stormy days,


i think, and this you must treasure like all the flowers that grow
in your garden, that which you water and nurture,

that it is my fault, that even if you cannot forgive me,
as i pack my bag, to give your flowers more space, and for you to be at peace, i, too, shall take a deep breath, saying

i still love you.