Monologue>>>>>>O Poem by RIC BASTASA

it is not
that easy really
when finally
you find yourself
alone
and when you begin
to relate to
yourself as a friend
whom you can
begin to confide with
and as you
start on a certain
intimacy
from one secret to
another
you realize that
this same self
opts not to talk
about it
and tells you with
finality that
it does not really
remember
specially those
painful ones and then
you embrace the
silent moment
and without much
fuss you convince
yourself
for once that this
matter is
fully understood.