When Your Hand Of Friendship Is Brushed Aside Poem by RIC BASTASA

When Your Hand Of Friendship Is Brushed Aside

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say thank you

try extending your hand to another hand
to the other thousand hands in this world who need other hands
those with love in their hearts those with minds still believing in friendship

tell yourself she does not deserve your offer
assure yourself she is another ghost
another virtuality
another waste
a junk

without a name without a soul without a face
extend your hand to another hand with real fingers on them
and try seeing yourself in the mirror
you still have that reflection and that ghost does not have any
be glad
you are real and she isn't

does she think that you have pain and that you need her friendship badly
such that you want to bow before her like she is the goddess of beauty
and wisdom and truth?

let her be. She is not a part of you.
why bother?

be yourself and keep that hands of friendship warm
for another one who needs it too

let the gods reign in the heavens. They live in their clouds
stay on earth and be the river for the fishes to swim
for the strangers to drink with the cup of their hands for them to quench
their thirsts

let your hands of friendshipsbe the seeds of springs
the flowers of summers
that bloom forever
let your scent spread for those who still need them

and let these gods remain as gods
because they shall always be worshipped as loveless strangers of this earth

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