The Bird That Flies Away Without Having To Return Back To Where It Once Stopped Poem by RIC BASTASA

The Bird That Flies Away Without Having To Return Back To Where It Once Stopped

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what i have
i already have and
i have never asked for
more because i always
tell myself: what for?

i am not that old
to surrender
i still have tight
skin on my forehead
my cheeks still display
the gold in sunshine
my feet are still agile
like the gazelles that
i often dream
my hands still long
for a curved body
to be traced like
a map
to my fingers still
looking for
new destinations

what i have i keep
for now
what you give
i may refuse
since i always tell
myself: what for?

it is the mind that
keeps an illusion
that this body still
roars like a lion
and loves like
a dog.

i have other dreams
though
a bird that flies
away
without having
to return back
from where it stopped.

Thursday, December 17, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: life
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RIC BASTASA

RIC BASTASA

Philippines
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