For Life Is Life And It Is Never Yours Poem by RIC BASTASA

at noon
the sun scorches
all ambitions, and

with so much fire
in all hearts
our bodies burn

she dances in fire
as she eats fire
and as fire eats her
she never stops
that dance of life

and then the fire
rests in cold stones
in short breaths
of surrender and

she lays herself upon
a bed of contentment

everything does whatever
is to be done
without having to do anything
at all

life smiles and keeps its
own thoughts
it has brought you here
and you did much of the
thinking

that made it hard and harsh
which should not have been
the case

for life is life and it is
never yours
only lent but which you
think you own