January 31, 2011


DAWNING


Red upon the sky
She waits
With fingers dug
Deep inside
To draw down the sun.

All are eyes
All are words
With warnings

As if capture or conquest
As if love were war

And watching her none knew
If she were free from harm,

"Oh, be careful, Oh, don't shine
 Oh, amazement of wonderment
 Oh, thou shalt be dust!"

And upon a newer river
Were surprised at her
Ship's mast sailing past.

She must have known something
Raw courage culled from hopes

Or perhaps she'd had a vision
Gazed into pools or fires during Winter

For now we see impossible light
Filling the sky

Where we once worried

STANLEY GEMMELL
For Dawn Sullivan
January 31, 2011

Model: Dawn