Precious Moment

I smell fresh light wafting near this dissolving darkness I hear its faint ringing the second hand ticking while the refrigerator hums and the distant driver drones I tensely anticipate the first tweet to ripple the silence a tentative answer an assertive reply a confident rejoinder, the ensuing cacophony of chirps and the distant driver cross fading into the morning commute. So right now in the warmth of this darkness before the tiniest glimmer glints before the bubble of dawn creeps in and blasts it away before it's burned in the cold cruel reality of all consuming light I'm holding onto this precious moment