A Bittersweet Celebration
His wife had died and how he wept
The world he knew had tumbled down
He recalled what she used to say
Enjoy this day for it will end
They lived as if each one would stop
and not another day shall rise
And happiness was theirs to hold
And now he lived to seize each day
A Carpe Diem he could share
In memory of his poignant loss
A celebration bitter sweet
Trochaic octameter form
©Ralph Sergi July 12, 2017
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