Be Rid

Among the people you can pretend to be

I love not one.

Be rid of them;

be rid of them all.

Be Rid

Bob Komives

Do not let me be one body

of your everybody

seeming to want you

to act what you are not,

or to act always

as you are sometimes.

If you see me

or hear me

to not like the way that you are you,

tell me,

then listen as I claim it untrue.

If not convinced,

be rid of me.

If my gesture of help is burden,

warn me;

then watch my back-off steps.

If you find my movement false,

be rid of me;

be rid of us all for the necessary while

until,

among the people you can be,

we find you.

Bob Komives :: Fort Collins © 2001 :: Be Rid :: 0109