Between You And Me.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

Between You And Me....



there could have been a bridge
even just a word to connect us and form a ring
a hollowness between
a hole
where both of us can pass through
and then leave all these

between a you and
i, there must be a word to describe
that wish for closeness

the intimacy that nudity speaks about
my hands clothe your body and make you another body

between my body and your body
there must at least be a syllable to make a sound of this silence between us

we hear a faint music of a distant phonograph
between us is a phrase

between us is an incomplete clause thirsty
of meaning

this unsatisfactory of ordinary humanity
this imperfection between us a word a bridge a rainbow an arrow

inside us are wounds and maggots
outside us are the words of laughter written off in air.

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RIC BASTASA

RIC BASTASA

Philippines
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