Dawn

Dawn                     1-25-2012

By John W. Vander Velden

 

Slowly the black abandons, indigo replaces, stars fade, glorious night ending, the first signs of its replacement above the eastern horizon.  Colors brewing faintly, refusing to be denied.  The stars waning, withdrawn from the heavens.  Only the morning star remains, bright diamond of the east, rebelling, a bold last stand against the new color perhaps…or to shine its proclamation of the new light yet hidden.  The east now aflame, deep red-orange forcing the violet and indigo to retreat.  The colors marching upward…brighter…stronger…the orange reaching skyward…the sky ablaze.  Soon night’s shadows fade, the night sky fleeing, the battle lost.  The whole world silent as, breathless it awaits the brilliant orbs victorious return.  An orange sliver sheers through the horizon’s bond, the disk now released from night’s prison…bright…triumphant…a new day…the dawn!!!

 

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