Sunrise
the sun arises
in the morning,
I’ve had to plead forgiveness
on the light that’s warming
up my face in the
blistering cold,
my hands so frail
they begin to look old
as they're swollen
and cracked dry
I shift my attention and
watch a fire burn behind
the mountains in
the early sky
I wake up to fading
stars and city lights
a drive by them brings
me to a new day and
I forget about the
past few nights
I tempestuously relay the
words in my head
while my left hand
subconsciously writes
my knee guiding the steering
wheel as my mind flashes a thought,
almost getting into an accident
with the car in my rear blindspot,
but if that was my
last moment alive,
at least I got
to realize that
I have to accept the things
that cannot be changed,
I have to look forward
to tomorrow’s sunrise
- Leah Rae