GRATITUDE: Reflections on the teeth of time So many snowflakes have touched my skin only to melt then become nigh Splendid symphonies have resonated against these ears before fading into the silence of the night Bouquets of flowers have intoxicated me only to disappear in cold autumn skies These lips once knew the sweetness of love which gradually transformed into parched sighs Perhaps all we can do is appreciate moments as they are devoured before turning into the turds of history & ancient earth or primordial slime. ===================================================================================== from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A meditation on the burning fires of existence. KEYWORDS: thanatology, advance of entropy, march of Thanatos, phenomenality, thanatosensitivity Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ) Begun: 1979 Port Angeles, WA ✠ Finished: 2022 in Yokohama (Japan) Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} < LAST: https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/obi.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/faith.htm TRANSLATIONS ESPAÑOL: https://www.tnewfields.info/es/grati.htm NIHONGO: https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/kansha.htm ZHŌNGWÉN: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/ganji.htm