And They Will Love You For It Poem by RIC BASTASA

there are so many layers of this
self,
when you shed off one layer
another layer
takes over
and the more layers are there
the more wholesome you become
to friends and foes alike and they ask

how is he? what is he? which is he?

and you laugh
and you hide from one layer to another
and you become what you are not
by simply being what you are
here
and there
and then
everywhere

now there are so many persons inside you
and they are
all what they are:

a party, a celebration of your selves

a clapping of hands and tapping of feet and
shaking of bodies

a dance of life
around the circle of joys and pains
a path of hate and love
into eternity

and they will love you for it
you are both rain and sunshine
sea and sky