To Write A Poem While You Are Mumbling Poem by RIC BASTASA

while you mumble
about the lives of other people
those that i am also complaining about
knocking at our doors
at early dawns
while we are still feeling
what the world
will be
today

i decided to
simply think about myself
what can i do
to make a silent exit where no one
cares to notice
that i am rushing to
for a trip somewhere

i remember
when the door bell rings
because she is depressed
about the world
what it did to her
that she cannot just forgive

i hide myself and pretend
that this world is dead
and keep my own life to
myself

writing poems
and thinking about more
metaphors
about how to be strong
and kind and gentle
and compassionate
about
a lost soul
screaming to be taken
to our arms

tragic,
ironic,
what i do
is not what i want to do

and then she screeched her motorcycle
away
leaving me

writing another poem
and feeling so empty