Giving Back Poem by RIC BASTASA

this is what i have taken from you
many years ago
and you do not remember

i am now returning it back to you
with an open heart
my hands stretching out
to reach you again

you still wonder what was it
what is this all about
what i am giving back to you

i am giving you back this
empty heart these empty hands
this empty mind this openess
my gaping mouth
my hollow body

you still do not remember
many years ago
you have taken them all from me
and i was wearing that smile
of the willing victim

it is about time that you remember
the sadness that clings like a wilting vine on our fences