broken souls and broken hearts,
the sleepless ones who look at torn stars,
the twinkling lights that blink afar,
city lights blurred with blinding cars,
are all befriended by the dreamless faces,
that look like lost and stolen art;
estranged glances and estranged words,
the sound of silence they've always heard,
fragrances of the night that are so absurd,
keep alive the sleepless ones who are lured,
by the dark and scary midnight,
when the sky bears no birds;
fluttering curtains and fluttering wind chimes,
the blazing noise that seeps in from the outside,
sleepless ones try their best to hide,
but Oh! It's already twilight,
the sun and moon sit beside,
while sleepless ones look at committed crimes;
a new dawn and a new day,
it has unwillingly arrived,
another night with no dreams,
another dark time where past screams,
when the moon hears no cries,
it means the sleepless ones have died.
The sun's warming fires
Burn away the weight of night
A new day dawning
7/25/26
Warm night
Dawn bright,
Bird sings,
Joy brings.
Coffee
For me.
New day
Hooray!
Copyright ©2026 by Crystal David John
Lightning flashes
Thunder booms
Darkness sets, upon the room.
Raindrops fall
Like cats and dogs
The sky slowly, fills with dense fog.
Puddles form
Rivers flood
Grass slowly, turns to mud.
Lightning flashes
Thunder booms
The sun shines, through the gloom.
Fog lifts
Clouds depart
A new day, begins to start.
I listened and, though faintly,
heard the breaking of the day.
It sounded as a rooster's crow;
the cricket's song fading away;
The splitting of the morning air
by eagles' wings in flight;
the ringing of the church bells
and the crack of dawn's first light.
I looked and saw the parting clouds
acknowledging the sun,
like the opening of the curtain
when Act 1, Scene 1 has come;
Like the awesome entrance of royalty
into a crowded room;
like the joyous arrival of new life
from a mother's ripened womb.
I felt, in that brief moment,
that this was special, not mundane,
not like evening with its setting sun
or a rainbow after the rain.
This was different, not redundant,
never graced by poet's say;
and it was a new beginning,
first light of a brand-new day.
new day dawning sun
soul is shining chirping birds
tweets Hallelujah
3/28/26
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2026
Rosebuds; break of day brightness
awakened fledglings from sleep.
A resting songbird breathes deep
from nursling black and white time
as a wisp of light prances
around scallop-trimmed leaflets,
in concert with elapsed time.
Blazing sunrise awakens sleeping nature
A day has come thats new to me
My circle is small only 2 or 3
A day has come to change within
Keep God close you definitely gone win
A day has come to change the game
A brand new me but still the same
Im glowing for real im gone shine so bright im on a mission to move it feel so right
A brand new season
A brand new reason
A brand new way i have to say
Its a brand new day
Another sunrise is the world saying hello.
It’s promising a fresh beginning.
Turn the page on yesterday.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 1st place 2026, 2nd place 2026, 3rd place 2026
Never has the dawn seemed so dim,
Eyes that once shined bright also retreat~
Where is the choir of birds on the air?
Does the sound of the sea become the sound of the wind
Against your heart like an explosion of fire?
Yonder is not your enemy but one who embellishes your soul.
Here Comes the calming Breeze
Just over the horizon the blooms.
So the light is birth it shines
Dew point upon the Earth
Glistening rose the darkness fades
Dark and lonely is the space God smiles,
His Amazing Grace coveted
is the air we breathe Elohim kisses
Dawning is the new landscape Father turns on His lights. as the birds in the trees whispers God assurance. Everything is all right as the calm comes... it's a New Day Dawn
Hallelujah
1/14/26
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2026
My Eyes began to see this day
A broken bone and scented heart
In ways of old I tried to teach the world to play
It cut the stars that fell apart
With waves that crash upon my broken frame
I fell apart in many shards
We laughed all day until the sun began to shake
it moved my asunder the world was Mars
Tomorrow waits beneath the hush of dawn's first flush.
It listens for the promise of a guiding hand.
To cleanse the taint of all those yesterdays panned.
Hope strikes a match that burns away the remnants of regret.
A flare of faith that last night's darkness has extinguished.
Knowing that the sun will rise afresh tomorrow as well,
In the cycle of timely rebirth that comes every day.
I fear no wrong, knowing I learn from my mistakes,
that I can submerge and lock away, beneath the covers of night.
As I sail forth, buoyed and excited, by what could go right.
"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow
is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"
Today is a brand new day
Tuesday
Monday was kinda rough
So, I am reluctantly
taking a deep breath
and getting the day started
It's a chilly fall day,
let's do this!
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