Playfully Yours Poem by RIC BASTASA

never mind the time
no one keeps it forever

spend it
on a poem
just for fun
about nothing
or anything

do not be so
serious like you gonna
die in a minute

keep the words going
throw them all away
with so much
grace and beauty
feed them to air
on their invincible
tongues
their cold sharp
teeth

be casual
do not think much
for there will be pressure
and you shall erupt
like the volcano
in Hawaii

this is just play
be cool
just be as cool as a man
lying on a hammock
swinging

or like
children frolicking on the beach
looking for shells
that shall sing them songs
away from their
smoking mothers
and drinking
fathers

never mind the time
it melts upon itself
even without the wind
it goes away
even without you
no goodbyes
no hellos
plain going and going

keep on writing
do not think
do not be conscious of the words
they will choke you
and demand that they be
uttered with style
or written with
undeserved fashion

imagine the flights of
birds flying back to
their unknown
homes