‘Setting Sun’

What have you done...at the end of the day ...🌹

‘Setting Sun’

Another day is
Done
And what have
You done

With the setting
Of the sun

Have you ended
Or
Just begun

Are you indecisive
Or on the run
Full of thanks
Or confused
Or feeling
Numb

What have you done

Did you lend
A helping hand
Or
Did you judge
Before getting
To know someone

What has been said
Cannot be undone

Did you learn a lesson
Or were you acting
Dumb

Did you laugh
And have fun

Was it honesty
Or manipulation
For that certain
One

Tell me
What has been done
With the setting
Of the sun

Did you offer a place
For some to run
Or did you
Shun

What was it that
This day
Overcome

Or did it take
The setting of
The sun
To make you realise
That the here and
Now is where
It’s won

It’s not the who
What
Which one

It’s the caring
Sharing
Giving
Hoping
Coping

Lending a listening
Ear to that
Lost and confused
Someone

That doesn’t know which
Way things
Need to be done

Then once you’ve
Offered a helping hand

Then you know
That you have
Won

And from whence
You have come

What have you done

Did you touch
The heart of
Someone

Or has your
Lesson just begun

With the setting
Of the sun

What have you done...

Kelly Fagelund-Gjersoe
28/08/2019

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This is one of my favorite of your poems that I've read so far. The rhyme & rhythm feels very smooth & organic, not a bit crafted, but it's also so well constructed, it seems as if it must've been crafted. I love your message, which seems as if the narrator is asking him/herself these questions, like a self-assessment at the end of the day. Most of my life, I was hyperactive, so I assessed each day at the end of the day. Now I'm disabled & in constant pain, so my standards have changed for what constitutes a good day. If I get a few things done & feel serene despite the pain, it's a great day. I love the standards you use to measure a good day, a good life (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

Thankyou and I wish you lots of healing and less pain..all shall be well🌹

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really love this piece...only problem was the "u" for "you"
but yes, at the end of the day, what can we say? that we made the most of the day?
that we achieved, enjoyed, learned?
and if we have...we can not only enjoy the sunset, but the moon above later as we recreate or rest...we have earned it.
j.

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

So true and I will go back and adjust ...true are your words but so easy to let a day go by and not stop to reflect on our inner selves projecting outwards...may u have a peaceful nights rest🌹

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

At the sunset of everyday we ever lived to witness, I think it's a duty to ask ourselves such a question that, "What have I done right or wrong today..?"
This would probably help us improve our ability, our relationship with others and even exposed to us our weaknesses and guide us through the way of corrections.

I like your idea in this poem.
It's really insightful.

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

Thankyou and you are so very right🌹