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IN PRAISE OF DAWNS
IN PRAISE OF DAWNS
Sea bushes at dawn glisten at ebb tide
And brief is the call of the morning dove;
Harbingers of dawns are heralds of moments.
I wanted a lot more than a few years with you;
I knew that the light of dawn would highlight my
Vanities and familiarity would breed contempt.
The web in the a.m. speaks of the morning dew
And dragons are revealed in dewdrops at dawn;
Every star heralds moments of planetary dawns
We see what we want to see although we are trained
By other Godseekeers who tell us how to look; even
Dawn can be a filter of highlighted misinformation.
Nevertheless, I am constrained to praise dawns since
Half of the Janus face is lit up; the rest hidden by a
Chiaroscuro of my own imagining; I still praise dawn.
My verse is sad. How could it be otherwise; both my
Judge and jury are all members of Star Chambers.
Separation of light and dark always creates civil wars.
I will praise dawn one more time and fight the agent of
Disappointment, because these very stars can carry us
To the outpost of eternity; the final dawn of reckoning.
