When The Sun Sets Poem by Mike Shanahan

The fiery orb slowly disappears
Leaving tiny traces of past glory
As you disappear out of my life
Tiny remnants still remain
A lone star in the night
Abroken glass
Apillow set alight
The many, many nights of love
Some real some travelling through the night
But all important in my life
A tender kiss, a trembling hand
The laughter echoes in my mind
Achildrens storey read as we embraced
The consumate sacredness of the final act of love
Like no other nor can ever be your love
Two hearts beating fast we listened
We pledged as our blood intermingled
Two hands wrapped in eternal promise
Two tiny red candles burning bright
Casting mystic angels on the wall
The sad goodbyes as I cried
The illness that descended on my soul
But no comprehension of my plight
The final solution as I struggled with my mind
The things I said and did not do
The things you promised yet did not mean
Into time you fade and yet I love
Until the end of time I love
And when the Pyramids shall turn todust
I’ll still remember and wait for you
In the stars some things are written true
And one of them is my great love for you.
This was no lie no sacrilege
Or thinking that you never knew me well
Never saw the tender bloodied heart
Never heard the cries I cast your way
You moved on quickly unto another night
But if forgiveness does not know another soul
Then all is lost its clear and so I hurt
Yet know the sunlight will at last emerge
The birds will sing their melody once more
And as I grow old I’ll think of you
And remember that waltz of love
Travelling hand in hand to the stars
With one Princess met before
And yet to meet again.