with dawn the sun besieged the earth

with dawn the sun besieged the earth

to stir the weary to their feet,

and faced but once again with birth

they contemplate what waits to greet

them in emerging hues of light

and hesitate to stand, afraid

to leave the comfort of the night,

and meet those thoughts already laid

to rest, to leave that land of sleep

where impasse on a whim may yield

to fancies of a frightful leap

and mortal blows are merely healed

like wishes of an infant mind 

they hesitate to stand, succumb

to all the worldly ways, unkind,

that surely with that day shall come