But The Years Have Not Yet Spoken Poem by RIC BASTASA

it will always be a law
that we cannot change that for
every action we make
we always get a reaction
that things at rest
will always remain at rest
unless acted upon by an unequal
and opposite force...

with you today, i shall move
away and i will always be in motion
unless you take the initiative of holding me back again...

with you in the entire life that i have
i have not reacted with inequality
and i shall not move you into accepting the fact
that sometimes this law of motion and rest
may not work between us

otherwise
i should have packed all my things
put them tight inside my heart
make myself whole again
strong and determined
to take the direction of the winds of my mind...

i shall wait for the time
when you change perhaps
but the years have not yet spoken