The Final Sunset Poem by Eddie Rodgers

Traced foot prints have marked my journey through life in the beaches
running grains of sand, for roaring were the tides of memories holding the tales
of how I had come to be measured as a man.
From the fields of South Carolina to the more recent Florida lands, I
attempted to hold onto a day that I could neither preserve nor come to expand.
I wondered what would come of the treasures of life that my heart had come to
adore, like the keys of love, tranquility, and hope which could open any locked
door, and though my heart was filled with all three leaving was just something
I couldn’t ignore, for it lay heavily burdened on me, piercing my core.
I would have loved to have taken another step or pressed on for an extra
mile, but God already had his plan and he said, “Come with me this way my
child”, “f or I know there are many things you do not understand but you have
nothing to fear, so let’s continue this way as the sunset grows near.
As we walked he explained to me how things over time have remained
constant and the same, how ones heart could leap from joy, to hurt, to sadness, to
glee when its burdened over with the weight of endless pain, and in the distance I
saw the sun continue to lower in front of my eyes, and became saddened at the
thought that I wouldn’t again be in flesh to see it on the east as it rised, and as the
emotions of mine came to unfold, the love of my family I vowed to forever hold.
For those near or far and even to the ones who have already passed and gone away
my heart spoke and began to say, “So I’ll continue to hold what we did have, the
memories of us smiling, walking, and talking together and the awkward things that
made us laugh if you can just remember for me each day, it’s the love for one
another that will get us thru the when all else fails and becomes fragile while
breaking away. That when the sunset comes and the day ends love never stops for
there will always be a new day to look forward to and begin, but know most of all
ill love you for eternity as my soul takes it rest by God’s throne for my sun has set
set and I am now at ease in a place we call heavenly home.

E.J. Rodgers