What Makes The Tongue Feel The Divine Poem by RIC BASTASA

i've seen what i
am dreaming
no hold bar

i've stared at
taboo
long enough
than you
thought i can
not do

i've flown on
prohibited territories
stayed
on dangerous grounds
where life
may be wasted

and you decide to leave me


i've not sinned
i've not done anything to
suppress life
and quell its
forces

i've made the world see
how love
can be so nil
and deprived

how those public eyes can be so
humiliating
when you die
without having tasted
love
what makes the
tongue
feel
so divine