Thoughts On October After Kaui.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

there is no pretense in you
as you shall continue the silence
as i keep on being the mud
under your lotus.

the woman by the river sees me
much different
but i must admit the truth of
your eyes

i can be the lotus tomorrow
away from this mud
but i must wait more time
for me to like it

it is desirable of course
it is sought but never taken
it is imagined but still not
real

i sit here and gaze at all the
people here
seated upon their own lights
i wish i had no thoughts
i wish i am nothing.