Today

"Let There Be Light" The comet said; And light there was, forever after. Today began in Mid-July, When Summer froze itself around us, Following the wondrous fireworks display When the New Sun filled the skies. And darkness fled away, Taking all the stars along; The moon she hid behind the amber flood And all night things quit their song And some declared a New Age had begun, And some, the end of all we know; And some blamed God's Wrath for another sun While others only dreamt of snow - But all alike were illuminated In the light of our eternal day. The only darkness lies behind our eyes, We have no secrets now; All seas are warm Today, Their shorelines ever on the rise; With salt tears some appeal to old Mother Ocean To take us back and start anew - We are too young yet - Independence Day will never end, Thanks to the blazing pinwheel in the skies.