The Laws Of Life..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

the laws of life
are more than traffic signs
go jaywalking
you get fined.

over-speeding
you crash upon death
your calendar
ends

what more is the law of
life?
the price of greed
the consequences of
promiscuity
the guilt of
cheating
the damnation of
abomination

the Furies know how to chase
an outlaw
that circular chase inside the
mind that gives you
no place to run

in the living of the life of the law
one is safe
protected and confident

there is tomorrow that waits
and promises
that when you are free and
harms no neighbor
befriends the earth and
the sea
worships the sun and moon
adores the beauty of
nature and communes with
its rivers and
valleys

and with a grateful heart
to all these creations

the Creator looks upon you
with pride
because you are its glory
the center of
its universal divinity