The Poetry Inside All Of Us... Poem by RIC BASTASA

it's been there
from the beginning

perhaps even before
you give birth
to your
eyes

it's been there
embedded in the linings of the
heart

it is experience
it is the past

from the past lives
from previous
existences

you are awakened and reawakened
every day
or year
like a morning

you remember the orange color
of your sunsets

the scents of the flowers that
once were with you
mixed in the water of your
many baths

you remember so many hands
that caressed your
hair

it is the light from the sun
that strikes your eyes
that sometimes makes your remember

and then you piece them all
into a pattern of
an understanding

the shattered pieces unite
into a form

and then you remember
that is why you are always writing