Flowers For The Magnificent Liar That We All Love No Matter What Poem by RIC BASTASA

you ask for bread
i give my own bread
plus juice, i had one
cold in the fridge
pressed from fresh orange

you can take it
sip slowly as i watch
i can give you almost
anything
if you just ask

you do not have to fabricate
stories
i know each line

been there, you see,
been there, i keep telling you

you ask the world
my world

i am always ready to give
this world to you

i have no power over the stars
and the sea

but i can ask them
for you

you just ask, all you need to do
is just ask

there is no need for a lie
yet you did lie to me

will you ask if it pains me?

even before you ask me
i have already an answer
like a fried chicken on the platter

I've been in pain
there is always pain over my shoulders
you're the burden there

so how can i ever experience pain again?

you are a liar
and will always be
one magnificent liar

if you only ask
we can always give you

the answer: we will always love you
just the same

know that. you must know that.
we have all cried for you
we want to save you

perhaps, these flowers will tell
that all....