Shall I Throw The Filter Too? Poem by RIC BASTASA

words begin
to filter thoughts

after a longer time
the stones separate from

the water and then
you have to choose now

which to throw and
which to keep

which is clearer which
is more solid

more heavy and worth
the price of taking the

weight or letting go
that which keeps us cold

words become either
air or light and when

you begin to learn which
is more useful or

important, you think
twice about this matter:

shall i throw the filter too?