We.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

we are the ones
whom they record in their history books
as weak
for we are the ones who took sympathies
as friends
we are the ones put in the final chapters
of their novels
as the losers
for we are the ones whom they kill at the
end of their page
we have loved that much
even to the destruction of our own images
the annihilation of our
selves
we are the ones whom they decide
to be erased from their bill boards
they think
we are the cause of the failure of the earth
the explosion of the star
and the melting of the glaciers
we have flooded the rivers with unnecessary
whimpers
we are the cold ones who have lost the fires
of our existence
because we have given everything
because we have been foolish enough to
lose what we have earned
because we have loved more than we can
afford
and they think that we deserve
to perish from their plans
and visions

but we never blame them
and we do not worry more than they are worried about us
we know what we want
and we do what we feel we can
what we think is just and right
yes, we are weak because we have loved more than what is required
we have given what we do not even own
because we think that this is not the place where we bury our hearts
that there is another destination
higher and more beautiful
more stable
in fact permanent and truthfully
as promised
eternal.