Dawn's Kiss

The eyes open for I am the voyager of tomorrows

Another day gifted, for not everyone sees it

I embrace the morning, her calming bliss that I bathe into

What today brings unknown to me, yet already written

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The seconds in moment flicker, yet I lay still

Submerged in my thoughts, fantasy or real

Alone in the neutral, body present, mind wandering

Both madness and inspiration descend within

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I ponder what else the day brings

Would the faces that come to pass, have tales to tell 

I hope my lens of prejudice understand their burden

Yet I seek to find answers though the question is hidden

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I wonder why it gives me both warmth and sorrow

Seeing one person eat and nourish all alone

Or hearing a child's laugh, innocent then corruptible

Why is love lost and found again, and goes ever on

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I want to be the youth in me needed 

Would have I done enough to carve a place on this earth

Learn that sadness is temporary, so is happiness  

So are the people's lessons whether they left or stayed

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Would today be the time I withdraw to solitude

Or perhaps open my arms to lighten your troubles 

If I knew how to absorb the world's misgivings with you

Though I can't keep my own darkness unguarded 

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I've given all I have, even when there's none left

To dig deep to depths unknown just to hang unto hope

Tomorrow is never promised, I still glisten with gratitude 

Just to witness another sunset, and woken by the kiss of dawn