This isn’t the first poem I’ve made, but it’s surely the first one I would post.
Done in twenty minutes or less. My sister Pao was asking for a quick poem, and I was happy to oblige, albeit it’s a little lousily done.
I was inspired by the image of the morning light, hence the first line stuck to me so badly.
I didn’t like the first stanza but it unraveled so quickly it just felt so wrong to put it away.
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I woke up to the morning light
from dreams of long-past thunder
the vivid flashing of the lights
that tore the world asunder
I woke up to the morning light
it set my bed aglow
my eyes rivet to pure and bright
thus I saw but didn’t know
I woke up to the morning light
remains of rain on my skin
the air around me, the sound, the white
and showers of dew all in
I woke up to the morning light
and heard the birds in song
and then somehow I realized
in this world do I belong
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July 5, 2010
