Sunrise Or Sunset
I stand here waiting on the sun.
The day seems short and nights are long
I'm left alone to ponder all I've done.
When every path I've taken turns out wrong.
Still I must press on to find my way
Through the deeping darkness of my past
I begin my journey come what may
My eyes must soon adjust to the contrast
Light gives way to night.
So too now
Night gives way to light.
I see the sunlight slip past the horizon
The darkness reaching toward me from below
So now I see and fix my eyes on
A twilight tinting all in reddish glow
As what has been makes way for what will be
Illuminated by sun's warming ray
My hope lies in the light I see
I stand here in the light of day
10.15.18
This is a reversible poem that reads backwards (like by line)
Written for Craig Cornish's I Stand Here contest, ...but it filled up before I could submit.
Copyright © Jesse Rowe | Year Posted 2018
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