Before Sunrise
by Marc Gunn, Bard 12/17/02

This poem was partially inspired by the movie, Before Sunrise, but is more about the pain one feels through the night as they wonder about the decisions made in past relationships.

Before sunrise,
I dreamed of you.
We met and laughed,
A time I won't forget.

Our evening
It was spent in frustration
But joy was there all the while,
And it made me feel like a boy.

Time flew
By, and I'll always remember
The smile you wore on your face
When I sang songs old as the Nile.

The images
Of you and the magnificent world all
Around burned the hopes and dreams
We shared and spurned.

I don't know
What my future has in store when you board
That train, or if we'll see each other
Again once I exit my plane.

Past hurts
Still dwell, though I wish them away.
They taunt me with what-might-have-been
If we'd stayed in our old haunts.

My love
Though, still grows stronger each day,
Never wanes despite my longing and wondering
From whence comes the pain.

So how
Do I heal and move forward to
Love anew? It seems even knowing this is not enough
For me to give up on you.

Each morn,
I will wake and look out on the
Rising sun and pray for a new day to tell me
My choice was the right one.