Away From You, Away From Us. Away From Everybody. Poem by RIC BASTASA

so many things
float in our mind

the crisis of too
much freedom

million options like
stars in the heavens

more regrets like
sands of the shores

it is when you love
that you cut everything

and take only one thing
with you inside the heart

you leave millions of
options and thousands of regrets


you stay calm under the tree
watching the blueness of the sea

you watch clouds pass you by
and all those birds flying

away from you, away from us.
away from everybody.