Be Original...

i can relate to you
distant friend, when in any moment
you face a blank wall,
when you cannot remember a word
when you reconstruct an adage
and suit it to your own liking,
i can very well relate to that wall
that shuts you out from any idea,
that slip of the tongue
that tip
that does not say what you want to
at this minute,

do not attempt to please
this world
do not attempt to filter thoughts
like words like pebbles
or sands with sea water escaping from
a screen

do not impress, that is the one that makes you
forget,
that lessens you
emaciating you into a clown
a page

heroes are originals, they have no fear
ugly or what, they are always what they are

be good, write the first word that comes into your mind
do not recall what beauty was there that you have first seen
contemplate, close your eyes,
see yourself.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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