The Book of Days

The dawn’s early light can be pleasure enough for the whole day.

There are words enough to tell the story of “the temptation of day to come.”

It is my delight to write some of them for your delectation.

Sol

That fabulous blot of starshine squeezed through

a hole in the lightening sky…

I wanted to look right through it

but the uttermost beauty

is forbidden to our mortal eyes.

Yet I turned my eyes to it again,

and tried to stay…

I tried to look closer,

I think I saw an edge

of pure, celestial delight.

Maybe I will imagine more.

I said “good morning.”

June 4, 2017

It was a transience, a moment for understanding, again, that there is more to sunrise than meets the eye.

My poem “Sol” was published in my third collection of 64 poems, In other words: Poems for your eyes and ears.

You can buy it on Amazon (paperback and Kindle),

or get it free in Kindle Unlimited, search for “Richard Carl Subber”

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