This Surprise....(2) Poem by RIC BASTASA

even if you are no longer here
by my side
i still do what i think
pleases you
my love
my darling
my valentine always
for what you love
is always and
will always be what
i too love

your absence has
become my eternal presence
your loss is my triumph
you fading has become
my sunshine

for this is it
i have learned how is it to be
just myself

with no one else i have
learned this art of
survival

my duty my pleasure
my mission
to take this gift of life
to unwrap and be
excited
with what is inside
this
unknown this coming
this
surprise....