go straight to the ending

 
 
gather tears on  
a silver  
spoon.  
 
color faces, flowers,  
dogs,cats  
blue.  
 
read the last page  
of a book  
first.  
 
leave nothing  
to chance,  
 
go straight to  
the ending;  
 
the end of  
arduous  
days,  
 
the end of  
luke warm  
love,  
 
the end of  
disappointment  
ringing in  
your head  
like a gun  
shot.  
 
sadness arrives  
like finding a  
dead robin  
in the  
spring.
 
sadness comes in  
the death throes  
of an old man  
lying alone  
in a dark  
room.
 
sooner  
or  
later,
 
sadness  
arrives.