Things That Will Be Poem by RIC BASTASA

learning not to trust
for things that will be
something to hope for
they will not always
last for a lifetime

the seed you bury
the worm sometimes eats it
the bud you mark
remains tight and falls

this you must know
as early as you are born
see the light
of everyday blunders

for sometimes when
you close a door
it does not mean
that the window opens

oh well, it is not easy to learn
realities damned
dreams broken
selves bursting
a world in your eyes
annihilating

but of course you may start anew
be positive you once say
light a candle in the room
let no one burn.