A Point Of View Poem by RIC BASTASA

There is something that is hidden
From you
And it stays inside my heart
This is the pain of my lifetime
It is there
Every night it shines like the moon
And like the sun
It scorches me every day

I like it to stay there
Though it is within my power to
Let it go
And leave me forever

But It will stay there
And you will not like it
As it is killing me
Slowly like a cancerous bone
Like a deadly mole
Behind my back

How is it that a man like me should
Like this matter to stay
You may ask if you later will know
But this I will say
This pain perfects me
At the end
This pain is nothing but the whole of me
Like the happiness
That you would want to stay