Respect And Silence.......... Poem by RIC BASTASA

you do not deserve it
but no one is telling.

you are my friend, i
too can lie.

tonight you will be
in the home of my arms
safe and warm

studded with stars
your sky
gleaming with pride
galaxy

art anyway is but an
imitation
fake, so what is the heck?

in our own ways we are
all artists
as we toast our drinks to
our muses

up there, they are dead.
down here, we quarrel. or
if we are silent, it is
because of respect....