Sorry Love Poem by RIC BASTASA

sorry
love for out of need
and practicality i,

who keeps my heart
below my head

has to feign you sometimes
for reasons that you
cannot understand

when i close my eyes
to kiss your lips
i am thinking of the future
of my world

keeping it away from utter destruction
from its
suicidal tendencies

and so tonight when the lights are off
i shed off
all honesty

i embrace you on another pretense
passionate and firm