Untitled 16 Poem by RIC BASTASA

i know what
is inside me
it is beautiful
it is more
beautiful if i
have you in my
arms
but this can never be
i have my own world
you have yours too
we are distance doubled
by our beliefs
you may lie to me
but only for a while
and then the truth comes
and you must leave me
and then i will understand it
but i will be in so much pain
and then i will be dead

then you laugh and take
everything from me
whatever i have
must have been given