Garth Rakumakoe

Regrets Of The Setting Sun

Admiring the orange colored sky

scorn and ridicule - bitter ridicule

is all he has, for the rays

of the setting sun, forsaking him

Taking all answers with it

 

Remarkable really, the irony

in the curse

beneath his breath, cursing

the reflections of his broken dreams

burning space, time and reach

burning reason, burning the smirk

burning the man

in glorious conflagration

 

Needing to borrow more days

it occurs, his glass of whisky

cries out for ice, setting

with the reminiscence

of the once bright sun

going down, with its rays

and false promises 

 

The lifelong sun

must set with blame

for his untied shoelace