To Love Thyself..This Is The New Law Poem by RIC BASTASA

ah, forgive me
at this stage of my
enlightenment

after i bent my knees
after the begging
and asking for a little
of your gaze

the mind soars and
transcends
all fences
all walls penetrated like
light to glass

this is the time
of waking
the sun, and everything
heavens
do not matter

the mind is opened
like a crater
everything is expelled
and nothing matters


ah, forgive me
but now i do not recognize
you anymore

i do not remember
if ever i have loved and lost you

i am freely breathing
and there is no more obstruction in my
throat

i love this life
and you do not matter

ah forgive me
i have become as selfish as
any self could be

this time
i only love myself
and no other.