The Difference Between Us Poem by RIC BASTASA

i

what we know
has scared us
and we can even
predict when
we end our days

we know where it
is now,
it is inside our
veins
and flows like
a venom
from the snake
which bit and
then crawls
quickly into
a thick bush.

we are not afraid
about it for now
nay, we have become
powerful with such
knowledge
we have embraced
wisdom
like Socrates with
his poison.

ii

you are all happy
with your coming days
the summer and the
sea, the ball and
the boat
the foams of joys
where you dip your
bodies for a week
or son

there is something
however that we all know
and which you still
refuse to know
and act as quickly as
we did to ourselves

there is a sword in
above your head
there is a time bomb
in your heart

we are about to see
what you do not want
to be seen

and yet, why should we
be scared about you?

Enjoy your days
Have fun and love
as fast as you can....