Christmas 2012 Poem by RIC BASTASA

in valdia's garden
the clan flocks
bringing with them
the missing years
that we have never
talked about

we have roasted pigs
goat meat, lots of red wine
and popping soda
we have desserts and salads
and games

our elders talk about
our origins

the grandchildren recite
their memorized poems

dance the gangnam style
and put on their best
smiles

we watch a generation line
continue with another
like strings attached to
strings
forming the DNA structure
in my mind

perhaps
thinking that posterity
shall be the answer to
our common uncertainty

i sit there with my wife
among the crowd of relatives
& friends
not feeling lonely anymore

they have their answers
and we have too our minds.