No Matter What

nothing
diminishes me
not you
not the ground that has given
me space
not even the first brick
that gives me the sense
of a tower
not even the cloud that
first touches
the tip of my own
arrogance

nothing matters
anymore
when everything that i am
falls to the deepest
fissure
the deepest silence
of it all

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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