Everything Is Bearable.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

you must have thought
something that i expect
you would

after we parted without
the clarity of words
so you say, the cutting
was not that clear to
you...

i have moved on with
my own life
learning the bitter ways
of life

what we love most need
not be what we get
what we get is a product
of some compromises

what we live for before
our ideals and aspirations
are no longer what we have
now, those in between,
those without our fingers
crossed anymore

i may have loved you
yes, once, but it is not
what i am now, yes, the
change had changed, and
more changes are changing.

nothing is permanent
no one is forever,
no one is indispensable,
everything is bearable.