Would You Like To.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

would you like to ride on a ship
without a well-defined destination?

would you like some games of cards
the result of which is unpredictable?

would you like to embark in an experiment to find a cure
to an illness that has killed many people?

would you like to walk in a path filled with fog
and you only hear some sounds and yet you see no one beyond?

would you like uncertainties? do you believe in the excitement
of a box of chocolates? do you chase butterflies?
do you like the silence of the colored fishes beside the corals
under the sea?

would you like to wear a monocle? do you find space walking fun?
do you imagine yourself taking a adventure in another planet?

you do not have to answer each question aloud.
Keep it to yourself. Rate yourself afterward, if you like life

If you still like to continue living
If you really understand what life is all about.

Set your scores and have your own standard.
It is you and no one else.