Before The Sun Sets Poem by James McLain

Before the sun sets and the moon
Once bright, begins to fade away from sight.
And the candle from both ends I burned,
The barest whisper of a breeze has now put out.

The sun is not as glitter all have seen,
It's half and half.
Hello fresh and green before us those that came,
And have seen what is no longer there.

Love burns hot, why lust burns hotter still,
And a poke,
Is just a poke a cowboy, riding said.
Not having seen what you have seen, there where
You now live.

The moon has risen now the sun has set, it sets
For all, some sooner than the rest.
To blind to see, to busy working just to live,
And they have lied and they stand by,
Placing bets that you won't live to see but sixty five.