Set and Dawn
And do you prefer the sun
as it rises
or as it declines
the first rays of a hopeful new day
or the crimson glory
as it passes away
i like the sunset
despite the promise
of the horizon lightening
in the warming
of the coming
i like the setting
the falling and the darkening
not for reasons
of decay
not for the celebration
of doing away
more for the knowing
the certainty of fact
no matter what
happens in the past
the night is needed
to contrast
the coming day























