Day Break

Drowning in sorrow, despair, and self pity

I know why the caged bird sings

Deep bellows ascend from the bellies of the scorned

Sounds of sheer heartache

Too loud to hear that faint inner voice

Screaming with raspiness from screaming evermore

"Just open your eyes!"

Itchy, scratchy, burning blood-shot eyes

Merely glowing in the moonlight through tight eyed squints

Dissapointed that the daybreak is still not evident

Dismissing the intuitive feeling that something more, something greater than myself is just within reach

And hearing that voice again a bit more clearly

"Just open your eyes!"

Finally I give in too weak to fight much longer

Never a quitter, nor coward

I stare at the vast lush greens before me and realize I am on the brink of destiny

My new day has begun, most apreciatively thankful that i made it through the barren wastelands

And all I had to do was open my eyes!!