Coping Up Mechanisms Poem by RIC BASTASA

keep in touch they say
departures are always given the icing of
take care

sad endings with
God bless us all

irreversibility with
let go,

when every things happens
in their worst shapes

we shake our shoulders
and say nothing

cats and dogs fight on the roof
when it rains

we watch tv and concentrate on
the series

there is always a right time to
close our eyes

even if we are not asleep yet
even if the room is flooding with our tears

everyone is miserable and like everyone else
no one lasts forever.....