How Are You Treating Life? Poem by RIC BASTASA

how are you treating life?
so,
but i prefer another active question
the one that makes me
more responsible

ask me, how i am treating life?

well, i am treating it well
like the way i talk to anybody
courteous,
careful
passionate
taking each time as a moment
of joy
preserving more memories
moving on
always with love
and affection

truly yours, sincerely, with the usual
bravado of that
aha! yes, that
aha! experience
i just love life
so how can i every betray it with
the kiss of sorrow?