Steven Young Poet Free verse

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

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