Shy Away Death. Poem by RIC BASTASA

the escape route
is the poem
and since then there
were so many

escape routes and hence
how could i be trapped?

the poem makes me live
and alive
the poem makes my day
and all those years

and so there were so many
poems then

even without sense
even without flesh

it was the resuscitating
hush
the enigmatic suspense
the stupor of silence
the pause and the cause

so here is another poem
for you
shy away
death.