At Dawn

I feel air touch my fingers

 

spread over my body

 

float over my face

 

notice my age

 

 

blood

 

rushin' through my veins

 

almost awake at dawn

 

my dreams fly away

 

respiration grows

 

 

I sense the world returnin' to me

 

suddenly I move, open my eyes

 

commit my life to the world

 

at

 

dawn

 

 

I'm yet unable to rise

 

night's clingin' like a cloak

 

I shake it, shape it, fold it, throw it away

 

I'm alive at

 

dawn

 

 

I see the walls that surround me

 

so familiar, so trusting in their need

 

to protect me from reality

 

closin' in at dawn

 

 

 

I bathe

 

water trickles down my spine

 

it's pleasant, a freshenss within

 

dressing with care

 

one glance in the mirror

 

it's all there

 

at

 

dawn

 

 

ready for a new day

 

its challenges, its surprises, its disappointments

 

its difficulties, its beauty

 

born from the womb

 

dawn

 

is

 

 

(c) JR.   2014