after this meeting <br />you must forget that we have met <br />whatever was said <br />or felt <br />simply disregard everything <br />like you have taken a bath with me <br />shed off each drop <br />to the river <br />let each moment pass <br />and float and then go back <br />to where they must belong <br />some things <br />some moments are better <br />forgotten <br />i do not want to remember <br />sweetness or pain <br />i do not want to feel <br />what was once there <br />let them go <br />for nothing belongs to me <br />time, words, thoughts <br />they all pass through me <br />i never own them <br />after this short meeting <br />when you think you fill me <br />(like a glass of water <br />or a cup of coffee <br />when you think you have <br />quenched my thirst <br />when you think that for <br />a time <br />i shall not hunger) <br /> <br />let me be <br />an empty space again <br />let me be another drop <br />of silence<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/after-this-meeting/
