Before Midnight

 

“Before Midnight”

 

I have got to write something,

It must be tonight.

Not before the sun.

Before midnight.

 

Today is or should it be was?

Today is my Dad’s birthday.

It is a day that will come every year.

It will come every year regardless what I say.

 

Regardless what I write.

Am I avoiding or confronting the grief?

Of what I should feel today,

Before Midnight.

  

Tomorrow will come,

Tomorrow will be a new sun.

So, I will shed some tears,

For Everyone.

 

Missing you in so many ways.

So many reasons aloft for me to be sad.

But I have to say before midnight.

Happy Birthday Dad.

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

09-23-2020