Loving You.......In So Many Ways....To Keep This Love Burning Poem by RIC BASTASA

since you
avoided it
i too refrained
to avoid
a schism
a chasm
between you
and i.

there are
other ways
of loving
you

for instance
to keep this
love burning

without your
knowing
i could love
another

when we make
love
i dedicate
all these
to you

when we close
our eyes
or just mine
it is you
whom i see

it is your name
that i utter

it is your
body that
i embrace.


there are
so many ways
of loving
you

not just you
but the other
you......