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In the dusk before dawn

I laid in your arms and cried oceans of tears
You were too frozen to respond
I spilt blood to express the tides of this past year
Yet you were already gone.

In the pale dusk that sets in
Just before the coming dawn
I’ll meet you there.

You accused me of leaving before the flood
That I failed to rescue your drowning heart
You charged me with crimson neglects, regrets
That I faltered constantly right from the start.

In the ghastly dusk that storms in
Just before the creeping dawn
I’ll play your sacrifice.

We were never really anything more than tattered dreams
Wrapped in the shards of our bloodied pasts
We were never really anything of substance
Just another dream not meant to last.

In the dusk that gathers the morning dew
As the dawn begins her awakening
We shall dance and make ourselves anew.

in the dusk before the dawn…

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Saturday Sunrise

Good morning, 
          sleepy little town
Your blinking street lights
    look like sleepy eyes blinking slowly awake
The sun peeks over the horizon
    just a glimpse at the day to come
The roads dusted with nature's powdered sugar flakes
    undisturbed from any man-made markings.

I am up and about at this ungodly hour
With my own sleepy, blinking eyed babe next to me
Singing I "See the Stars" 
    along the empty roads
The birth of day, 
    the dawn of promise
Soaking in the beauty of these rare moments.

This is my Saturday sunrise,
    out in the cold
    in the gray
    salt stained city
silently yearning to be back in bed underneath the covers

Instead,
          we sing.
The stars fade, 
          the sun signs his arrival upon the sky.

And so the day begins.
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