True Poetry... Poem by RIC BASTASA

true poetry exists
when you are in the forest
and you feel that you are not
lost

it exists too when when 9/11
comes back to memory and
you are down in the building
on ground zero and
they call your names as one
of the survivors

true poetry is a parachute
when you dive from the sky
on that first air crash

true poetry is not just about the
beauty of the stars and the moon and
the planets
it is you coming from space and then
finally heading home
safe and sound.