To Keep Moving And Then Be Happy.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

she left
perhaps she did not get what she deserves
or what she thinks she really deserves
a name,
an acknowledgement perhaps of her presence

i stayed, because i do not need a name, because
i have a name that i gave to myself.
because i deserve to be here
because i still look for something greater
than myself, that a name, because recognition is not the reason
why the sun shines
why the sea keeps the blue
why the moon is soft upon the night skies

there are no reasons what we quit
we are born to keep on going
and soon when we return what was given
we rest finally satisfied that we did our best
to keep on loving

it is lonely here
but we are here and that is enough
we are felt
and that is more than enough

last night i walk alone in the middle of crowd
i hear the talks without me involved
i've seen and heard a lot and these too
are more than enough
to keep moving and then be happy....