Our Lives.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

as i cover my steps
on the sand
as i step near the
waves
wanting all my steps
gone

you write a memoir
you marry and have kids
you build a new house
make a scrapbook of your
past and
even buy an insurance
for the future

you think there is a big
difference between us?

i have taken the leap
and the dive
i have taken a journey
alone and with a group
i have taken so many
pictures of the places
of us and them and myself

i have stared at you
many times
i have talked with you
and played with you
we watched movies
and even tried to eat
same food and drinks

i also want to make a
difference
i do not like us in this
parallel lines

at the end there is really
nothing the same
the dissimilarities dissolve
like light in the deep
blue water

you think we are really
different?
mark a date in the calendar
find time to write the numbers
ad infinitum

we all end up in the same
place, well, though not at
exactly the same time

neither can you choose.