I Praise The Heat That Undresses Us All Into The Secrets Of Our Own Rooms.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

actually
i have my own reason
for closing my eyes

seeing you close to me
is too much reality

all the details may soon
convince me
that loving you
is not that easy

such closeness
may soon convince me
that love is not
worth all these
hassle

i saw you closing
your eyes too
and i admit
i did not like it

so much fear here
all these scorpions
all these gnats

out of the house
i praise how the sun rises
from the dark dawn
from the breasts of mountains


i praise the brightness
that blinds us all
i praise the heat
that undresses us all
into the secrets of our
own rooms....