'Release Me, You Fool! ' Poem by RIC BASTASA

thrown into the water
who cannot learn how to swim
if the only choice left is to drown.
thrown into this world
there is then only one conclusion left
if the only choice left is that you die anyway,
you better choose living.
a stone however learns nothing,
thrown into the air or water or anywhere
it remains what it is: a stone always
you catch it, you hurt your hand, you hold it
for a while, and then take a closer look and
even ask it how it feels,
did you see its eyes? it has no reaction at all.
it teases you, as though saying, 'release me, you fool! '