Daybreak

Something we all take for granted...and my own take on it

Daybreak

I look at my watch. 

It's time. 

As I watch, the deep blue skies

Slowly turn violet, 

The colour of the flowers

That dot my backyard. 

The first golden strands of light shine through, 

across the distant horizon, 

Illuminating all that I see

Along the distant shoreline,

Banishing the foreboding picture

the trees in the park paint at night, 

And casting its radiant glow upon

The dull, dreary chalet houses nearby. 

Crimson the sky soon becomes, 

The harbinger to the coming day,

And the sun peeks out from the horizon,

And I can imagine it saying,

"Good morning!" to the world. 

Yet the good-natured, spectacular greeting to all

Is ignored time and again

By the grey-clad people with big suitcases, 

On their way to

Another boring day at work. 

Reviews

[trainwreck]

Irony seems to be your favorite. Love this.

[Bridget Mcmaken]

wow wonderful work. It has a very nice flow to it. I really like this one

[KAREN]

Great flow and imagery! Excellent write!!

[Sarah McConnaughey]

Amazing! You have such a great way of explaining what's being seen and felt. Another wonderful poem!

[Andrainea Silverlite]

I love the theme of these poems you sent me. Very calm and relaxing pieces. I can almost see the sun rising slowly over the horizon. How calm and peaceful things are and how people ignore the beauty all around them. I really love this!

[Jūdan FyreHeart]

I like the way you took your time to slowly bring the sun up, it was very well done.

[Marie Harrison]

What vivid imagery. It was as if you were painting a masterpiece for us all to enjoy. I hope these visions stay with me all day! Thank you for sharing.

[Drake]

Nice!

[Desert Dreamer]

Watching the sunrise is great way to start a day, to see the color of the sky and notice slight differences from other sunrises, to observe the colors in the sky change as the sun rises, these are all inspirational. So many people do not notice the beauty of the sunrise.

[James Watts]

This was very nice. A visual piece and that is what attracts my eye when reading. I love to see through the words a writer pens to paper. Makes it so much more enjoyable. Nice write.