The Empty Sky..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

The Empty Sky.....



now we are divided
you are confident, this shall fade away
it is a wind without roots anyway.

your beard is long and mixed white.
your hand is caressing its tip and you fix your eyes on me.

i am not attuned to this killing.
so many. Now, are those i very well know.

tell me a story of your suffering.
prison. torture. redemption. any neutral and tasteless word.

i know them.Now places are exchanged for memories.
avante garde. carpe diem. does it really matter?

two hours is long enough for strangers.
we have turned the cards against each other.
the wall is bricked. each hall is without a door and a window.

i never dream of becoming a prisoner or your slave.
i go down. i take back my i.d. and my freedom.

outside the streets are crowded with taxi cabs and
jaywalkers. I flag down a yellow cab and asked the
driver to take me to the biggest mall of this city.

i eat at kimono ken. ALone. And then watch a movie.
Unmarried wife, and let the hours pass away neutrally.

nothing political now. Nothing to justify the next victims
of this political order. I know you but i am not telling
anybody.

There is God. Judge and Executioner.
Tonight, there is no moon. How can i love
an empty sky?

Saturday, November 26, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: life
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