What He Did.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

what he did, he did his best,
when asked to sing, he sang
when asked to jump, he jumped
he did not only become a singer
he became a juggler as well,
this is because he wants,
and all he wanted was to please them
not just her
but all of them,

i pity him, he became a clown at the end
of those crazy years of yearning to please
the people that he loves
specially, that woman

because he loves her that much
but what about her? she becomes the
devil,
his devil that consumes every flesh on him
every bone she scraped
for seasoning

and sometimes i ask myself
upon looking at this ghastly situation

how did he become a clown
and how did she turn herself into a devil?

i don't think love was the reason.
i think, it is something else,
and we still did not know it.
until now, accurately.