To A Nephew (2) Poem by RIC BASTASA

To A Nephew (2)

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you are already lost
in the woods

you climb a tree to
situate yourself

you hope you'd find
your way back home

daddy is mad and
mommy is crying

the clouds are dark
and it is raining heavily

how cold your life
could be?

you'd wish you were not
alive
for as you tell me

life is loveless
and the path is a haze

life is a maze
and you have not found

the exit to all these
nuances of vibrant anxieties


i wish i could teach you
where to find the correct door

i have taught you once
but you never listened

i can do no more
i am helpless as a cat

outside the house
under the rain

i comfort myself with
the idea

that Life is the best
teacher

and now it is Life itself
that does

what is right under the
circumstances
uniquely you and

i wouldn't mind anymore
what happens next

for the meantime
i am taking my own journey

Life too is teaching me
Mindlessly....

Sunday, May 24, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: life
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