The Happy Conclusion.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

you know
that time when my eyes
failed me
when my heart too
was blind
when my hands are
rebellious
when my feet argue
when i have moved
back and forth
when i want to go
and at the same
time
want also to return
to you
you know that time
and i have to tell you
i am torn
i am broken
and you were not there
to mend me
you know that time
when i have finally
opened up
like a clam
when i found out that
the world out
there
did not cheer for my
coming
you know that well
that time when
i too, finally
do not belong to you.