Is It Not Unfair? .... Poem by RIC BASTASA

they do not have to do anything
in fact we do not know if they are still alive or dead or
something

we do not know them for sure
their names are written on the walls
and they are all up there on those clouds
or somewhere

we only hear their names whispered by the wind
their greatness echoing on the on the mountains
rising to the clouds beside the stars
but they have not done nothing at all

we do not feel their warmth
we haven't touched them
neither have they ever ever touched us
but they are proclaimed
as kings and queens
and rulers of the land

God's edict they say
God's will is done they justify


but i am not fazed at all
i have a mission and a vision and i am continuing
everyday and for the rest of my life
even though i bleed and fall
i shall heal and again shall rise proud and tall
and soon perhaps
shall reap it all....