Falling And Rising... Poem by RIC BASTASA

when i fall
this i must tell you
i am hurt
and will always be hurt
but not till eternity
there is no such
it will only be for a while
pain subsides
and the self stands up
again
smiling to the sun

i will be healed in due
time
but don't come near me]
no not yet
please do not insult me with
your help or
sympathy
unsolicited opinions
like cut onions
make me cry
but only for a while
only for a while

i am complete
and will always be whole
in sorrow and
pain

and
more self-sufficient than you
perhaps
who knows?
for i think i have suffered much
as such

i am prepared
and had long prepared for
this fall
of
my own causing
of
my own fault

my only way of surrendering to
God
making peace
all things
and feelings soon to
rest.