Mocking Bird, Mocking Man Poem by RIC BASTASA

he is sometimes
tempted to mimic a mockingbird
that mimics him
most of the times
on top of the tree fronting
his window where he
faces the sun and moon

the mockingbird mocks him the moment he mocks it
and he in turn mocks the mockingbird that mocks him when he mocks it

both of them are bored
and have nothing good to do

they mock each other
morning noon and nigh time
bird man bird, man bird man bird

in truth the man wants to be a mockingbird
in truth the mockingbird wants to be a man

the problem is
no one is talking and no one is listening

no one wants to be himself/itself forever.