Regrets... Poem by RIC BASTASA

Regrets...



away in china
you leave everything
in their proper places
furniture and
toiletries and blankets
and belts
you do not carry a thing
that reminds you
what sadness is
or was
then you find
yourself in a land
where no one
knows you or
understands you
where language
becomes a problem
and then you
fear
if this will last forever
this having to forget
everything
this attempt to learn a
new language
and learning a new
self
that perhaps can
set you free
and eventually you find
more prisons
in there
and you want to come back
and whisper a
familiar word back
there to
open some kind of
closed doors
and you find out
there are more
opening arms right
there and you
begin to miss
what you want to
forget
or hate
you want to fly back
on those
old wrinkled wings
telling yourself
i have forgiven
every mistake
and i am ready
to face
what i wish i was not

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