Let Love Be Spread.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

when love is gone
you just don't die there

you have life and its
promises for love

love has many bodies and
faces

love has many alternates and
friends

love is never alone as it
has diamonds

when love is gone find
another much lovelier

you sit by the window
looking for love and

love surprises you with
another looking much better

that is love, all giving and
never exclusive

like the soft fingers of
the morning sun

it is not just a ray but
rays so full of warmth

open your mind like a window
open your heart like a door

be the house with many windows
and doors

let your love be a smoke of
fried bacon from the kitchen

let it spread to the neighborhood
let it dissipate like fresh air

from the house to the forest
from your room to the skies.