Morning

I draw open the blinds
and brand new morning
floods the room
surrounding me in
promise.

My mother, she says
clouds may yet appear
on the horizon,
but I see clear
blue skies.

Today is a new day,
like yesterday was,
before dark took it away.
But this day is different,
tightly I embrace its warmth

and smile as rays of sun
caress my face,
touching my cheek so softly
my skin prickles, and tickles,
and my heart comes alive.

The night should never
come upon this day,
and I will not live
waiting for it's
descent.

My Blue Sky

Parts of it, yes,

I would undo,

like the part that keeps me

tied to you.

When you've been a while

stuck in a storm,

the sky becomes a 

brighter blue.

So I thank the clouds.

You were a cloud

that I am glad to be rid of,

and that I am grateful for,

because now my sky

is the bluest hue.

I look now at my sky

and I see my future,

and I smile.

Parts of it, yes,

I would undo,

like the part that keeps me

tied to you,

but try as I might,

I cannot regret those times.

Because of the way 

you loved me,

I know where my future lies;

In the sunlight.