I Have No Heart You Notice It Poem by RIC BASTASA

at the very first glance
i see love

and i believe love
and i am
stable as a
foot on
the solid marble
floor

love is crowded
doubt rains
it is a chaos of
burns and
bruises

pain is like a
drought
love dies
love dries itself
like
a cracking field
it sings
emptiness from its
chasms

then everything
turns
into war


within, without,
limitless

understanding is nil
you sleep


you wake up seeing the
same reality
unchanged


one complains to the
city
i do not understand
the language
of your lights


what do you mean?
the posts ask


love is overcrowded
it is a market of
barbarian vendors

i am not buying
i am going home
without my hands

you notice it
i have no heart.