A Decent Goodbye Poem by RIC BASTASA

i know very
well that you

oh beautiful creature!

tickle me
make my spirit
rise
to the skies

and you like
to touch me
and you coddle
my weakness

my tongue and
thighs

yet i cling to the
rigid
rituals of logic

i know what
my future brings
when i respond
it will be
horrible

(i think too well
of your
hidden poison
and fatal
bite and i know
it will not
be too soon that
when i agree and
cater to your
temptations

i shall die)

and so i must
set you aside

i must look forward
towards the
light

and sorry
i have to say
my decent goodbye.