Daybreak
Winter Solstice
After a long dark night
We stare into ceramic darkness
That floods our morning with life
Egad, what’s this?
The sun that shines
In our eyes while we’re trying to
write?
Piercing light whom I address
One little request if I may?
Just please step aside
And shine from behind
My eyes weren’t yet ready to play
My coffee’s not drank
My mind like a bank
Robbed at the break of day
But take it slow if you will
And I’ll dip this quill
And jot down whatever you say
And though I heard every last word
It now seems rather absurd
Like a worm that swallows the bird
And the details may be a bit blurred
But it went something like this
Rest assured…
The moon is in tears
Out under the pier
For her lover’s been stabbed
by the light
She’s dressed to the nines
And dark eye shadow lines
Streak her cheeks as her night
slowly dies
The clouds collapsed
When lightning made cracks
In the urn where the tempest once
churned
Out the rain poured
Through cracks in the floor
And the fire no longer burned
Winter’s love has gone cold
There’s nothing left here to hold
You walk in and she just looks away
But the note on the pillow
And her suitcase of snow
Make it clear that she’s leaving
Today
This season of strife
This fight for your life
This darkness that conquered the
world
It’s converted to digits
There’s no way to bridge it
In a blaze of light the plug will be
pulled
The night and the storm
This season forlorn
You know them well and you hold
them so tight
You let them define you
But let me remind you
The warmth of the sun still brings
you delight
And when all things end
I’ll still call you my friend
I am here
And…
I am the light
