Somewhere Is The Word That Is Traveling Poem by RIC BASTASA

it meets some people somehow
and then it forgets
someday
what has been a big bother
from that point of origin
it is like shedding off skins and moving on
undressing clothes and
living a new life again in the eyes of pleasure
it is like being born again along the way
and hearing another sound of a cry
that signifies another beginning
somewhere is an opening
a conversation that tells you something
but always incompletely
because you want it more interesting
to someone who has not gladly traveled
beyond
the clutches of one's hands
somehow
somewhere is an open hand
still wanting to hold
and be alive
with someone you just met
giving you
a new island to explore
a shore to walk upon
without a specific direction
free unrestrained and always
not completely understood but still gives
the possibility of love
somehow you have not really lived
transcendentally like a kite above the clouds
like a fish above the water
like a boat without a port
like a bird above the stars