Perhaps Just To Myself Alone..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

perhaps to leave a mark
of what i am
i must leave a memory of
us,
but it is not just possible

there is no us

we're like lovers who
got entangled in the arms of
foreign cities

so perhaps to leave a mark
without us

i can just write and write
anything i wish

anything i can imagine that
could have been a possibility

or perhaps i can tell you
that the best i can do is to accept
that without you my life
can still be a beautiful thought

whatever,
i still must a leave a mark

a kiss on the earth's surface
that perhaps you can
feel

sometimes i laugh at myself
awed by the
wonders of my
own grasping about what is this
loneliness
all about


perhaps after i have crossed this
border
i shall remember

perhaps alone i can smile in the
mirror
and then finally
tell it all

whatever, perhaps just to myself alone