Giving Love Its Due Freedom Poem by RIC BASTASA

seeing both of you
gives me that feeling
that i am not alone

that i have cut off
possibilities in me

and then i leave you both
in your sweetest moment together
as you close the door
against me

i go back to the place where
i belong
where i have grown trimmed
like a bonsai

i bow down to earth
humbly
acknowledging gratitude

i have nothing to curse
it is simply my own arms embracing my own body

my hands clasped as one
eyes closed in happy acceptance

i do not envy love
i always give it freedom.