Between A Sunrise And A Sunset Poem by RIC BASTASA

between sunrise and sunset
if i were to choose
i shall choose the sunrise
for in there everything is lighted
like the way you tell me about
the truths about your life
you're so warm and endearing
and all giving and
i have nothing more to ask
for i have become so complete

but then do we have a choice?
for after all these
time knows that there is something
inevitable

the sunset of my life comes always with
a big reminder
the slow fading of the brighter colors of my life
the creeping show of gray skies
the closing in of the lights
and the windows
the silence of the night and i make the last word

what choice do i have except perhaps to say
'Darkness, Come, let us dance the last steps of life! '

and i shall say ' Death, you're so cool! '

do i have a choice, my love?