for Robert
~~~~~~~~~~

Sunrise

Watch the sun rise
and tell me afterward
did you think of
someone
who knew only
that it was bound to set?
Afterward
did you feel
warmth like an echo
of words
never to be spoken again
and still not think of
cold that might
or might not follow?
Afterward
do you ever wonder
how deeply dug
all this must be
wonder at the bottom of it
or do you just
keep believing
that on some days
the sun will never set?

~HC