To Meet Forever Poem by RIC BASTASA

when i decide to go back to
the nooks of the past

i do not just go there for
no reason at all

i bring a shovel and bury
those which still bleed

which still scream i shut
their mouths and which still

struggle to be saved from
oblivion i make them sleep

forever.

and then i dust off what is
found on my head

put my sleeves in place and
proceed my way to the exit

door where light meets me
without its quizzical eye

and then i close that door

forever

for i have more doors to open
more suns to meet

to meet forever.