sun rising, i am

3/23/2004

up at the dawn
i'm no early riser
i'm a late sleeper
nocturnal, an aberration

i sit for a while
stare at the sunrise
its somewhat pretty
if you like that kind of
useless romance

i sit for a while
and start to think
what if i were that sunrise?

what if i rose over these houses
clothed in dim-lit glory of the sun
every shade of muted fire in my veins
would i feel important?
or would i just feel like the opening act,
the emcee introducing the big star's brilliance

even the great moon has a dark side
even venus is called lucifer
perhaps i'm not so bad off
as my own mother might say

if the mighty sunrise has inferiority
mine is the same sort of thing
here around town

so i say firmly:
i am a sunrise
a shadow before the light
no man comes unto the noonday but by me

and i get up, walk back to my basement
i see the sun is rising - best get some shut-eye.