Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Morning, January 2021


 

It is a new day: a rainy one, and cold, 

but the sun that hides beneath its cloud-blanket 

(much as I do on days like this) 

will show itself eventually-- 

when our tilted axis 

twirls the earth to a warmer, brighter position, 

  

Yet, while the sun moves on without me,  

I too shall hide 

until my own excuses are exhausted, 

until the overwhelming tide recedes,

until I can negotiate the shifting sand 

beneath my feet. 

 

It has been too long a winter 

with my axis angled away  

from life and warmth and hope. 

The time has come to turn 

toward the light. 

It is a new day. 

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