after reading <br />a number of your poems <br />i begin to <br />think that i must like <br />you <br /> <br />or your thoughts <br />or writing in particular <br /> <br />i do not know you <br />how can i know you or any person <br />who appears <br />only as an idea to me? <br /> <br />the danger is <br />i may feel small <br />smaller than a pin <br />and i may <br />succumb to imitating you <br />and then finally <br />lose myself <br />in your shadow <br /> <br />and so i am writing this <br />so i may wake up <br />and still find myself intact <br />with pride <br />and still original in the narrative <br />of my <br />woes.... <br /> <br />perhaps tomorrow i'll shift <br /> <br />for i can be <br />happy if i really need it <br />if i really <br />want it <br />i can be <br />my <br />happy <br />self again<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-i-really-want-it/
