The Heart Has Always Its Own Ready Made Answer Poem by RIC BASTASA

often i imagine
separation

it starts with
a perfume that offends you
and you decide
to sleep in another room

which does not bother me
since i never drive you
away

you choose
a lifestyle
i stick to mine

the next day
another reason comes about
it will be another
house
for another night

perhaps i imagine
too often
that it will soon be
another country
or perhaps
another kind of
galaxy

it does not bother
me
i candidly admit
there was
never
any intimacy

it is the body that
you trust
perhaps you should
have asked the
heart
and it is ready
with its
long prepared
and ready
made
answer