A Poet's Day

The messengers of light
dance on the green blades
to announce the arrival of a new day.
The radiant sun smiles
as the gentle breeze whistles the night to sleep.

A poet awakens from his dream
and walks into another,
carrying with care the words that feed him.
The nascent morning with graceful ease
into blushing evening turns.

The gentle stirrings of the night
usher in another change in ambience.
A wisp of hope,
a flicker of the artistic flame
and the vague promise of bread.

(2002)