The State Of A Happy Mind..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i had already
given you more than
you ask for.

you promise to give
me something in
return

and i had taken it so
lightly
like the rest of the
promises
which had always been
broken

it is not that i have
lost any trust in
humanity

it is this: i have
changed for the better
and i have learned by
heart
to give and expect
nothing in return

days and days
i have remained in this
happy state of mind


by now the secret to
happy life
had all been revealed
in such kind
of action.....