Daybreak
Darkness surrounds with its embrace touching all
Vision as far as my reach and the cool of the night stinging anything exposed
I’m tired, I’m cold, and I don’t want to be here
The desire for what comes next wavers from outweighing the now and pushing me forward into hope
Silence surrounds with its embrace touching all
The noise of my feet the only companion to the stillness holding onto the murk
Not a breeze, not a call, not an indication that life waits ahead
The eerie hush of this time vacillates from tranquility to reservation in my mind as I hold the feelings of the moment to the imagination of the future
Mystery surrounds with its embrace touching all
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The events of the night that have passed fuel the anticipation of the day ahead
Will it be joy, will it be sorrow, will it be something I have not yet felt or wish to never feel again
The dread of the past battling my own courage to press into something new and wonderful alternating as the east begins to glow
Change surrounds with its embrace touching all
The horizon reveals itself with an outline and then the rising embers of a dawn to wash away the last stars holding on to what was
Light grows, light changes, light draws itself out from its hiding place
Blossoming from the uniformity of the darkness to explore the brilliance of the world around with every detail gaining vision
Hope surrounds with its embrace touching all
Silence returns to the shadows and life announces its return to the world by enveloping the air with sound
The Birds sing, the flowers open, the breeze moves each blade of grass like a bow across a string
The daybreak revealing not which was broken but rather breaking free of the captivity of the night and what we have put behind us
