Each Of Us Poem by RIC BASTASA

we are as great as we think
we are

our greatness does not depend
on the greatness of
another

we are privileged to have taken
foot on this earth
we have, on this truth, already won,

there may be darkness
for those who were wise ahead of us

think that we live in this cave and we are but
shadows chained and blind to light
and bound

we are as great as we think we are
this is not an illusion neither is it just a proposition

this is the truth and this is the hope
keep on going

from the heart of this darkness
the mouth of awareness is not that really far

soon we shall be there
inside us the fire of life burns

warm as eternity
it is so alive like the breathing of the sea