A Haven.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

being is so light
lighter than burnt leaf
lifting itself
to the shoulder of air
then having felt
that gift of flying
it accepts the moment
of having to settle
back to earth
as another crafted
word of art

my being is so light
i could not think of something
lighter than air
perhaps this soul
that is so intimately
entwined
like an invisible vine
inside my wooden
body?

i feel this dropping
unto an abyss
that seems to be
a rising higher
than the sea
the sky
the limitless space
between you
and
i.