THE SUN RISES BEHIND A MOUNTAIN

The sun rises behind a mountain
and I wonder,
is there a world without you?

Are there sunrises
and sunsets?

Do the trees
still glow green?

Is there still dancing,
singing...
such a thing as poetry?

It does not seem as if these things
are the way they were when you were here.

And these are things
of which I have not such an easy time letting go.
And I have not decided yet,
if there is a world without you.

Copyright ©2008 Ashi Shadow 1/3/08 on Katie
(actually in a sunset that that looked like a sunrise behind a mountain). Revised 1/20/08 to current form, closer to original form's intention.