Choices For 2013 Poem by RIC BASTASA

the mind is always free
images are laid like pictures in bed

you heart beats for that one
your logic grabs another

there is no quarrel for one who is strong
it has nothing to do with emotions

there are so many rooms
one can stay for a while in the one which is dimly lit

and be open and be happy but what is happiness
the argument begins

there are temporary joys as there are permanent choices
there are roses that bloom today and tomorrow wilt

there are pillars that you construct the house with
there are sandy foundations but there are those made on hard rocks

the errors shall know what eros is
and as you mature who shall know what to really choose

it is not just emotions
fleeting moments
hidden arrangements that thrive in the excitement of fear

there is a garden where your solitude blooms
where someone who loves you waits and then

embraces you forever.
Keep this. Disregard the rest.