Goood Mawwwwning!

NU Magazine - October, 2009

Black fades into navy
You see the outline of the outline of the fields
Azure into turquoise
Now the dew glistens in the growing patches of light

Now the wow:
A sliver of gold kisses the horizon
Just a sliver
For an instant it rests there
Just an instant

You blink and a huge ball of life springs
From that mysterious land behind the snow-capped pinnacles
In that same instant the world draws its curtains,
And your eyes are sweet strawberry-stained with the beauty revealed

Soft brown heads pop from the warming soil
Antelopes prance the verdant expanse
Accompanied by the savory meadow-lark tune.
The power of the sunrise.

Scientists explain, “a result of the natural rotation of the earth”
But do not be fooled;
The majesty of the sunrise goes beyond
The realm of science.

An easy way to wash away your waking pains;
Open the blinds and draw the curtains.
Sunshine splashes through the panes
And goldenizes your bedroom.
The rays enter your mind, your eyes, your soul.
Slowly, your friend, Senor Sunshine, inches his Midas touch across the floor
Now he dances on the walls
He bounces off the tiles
Winks from the wall-hangings
Your house is filled from basement to attic
with a yellow ocean,
its waves flowing with the movement of the clouds

Now it is in you.
The sun-streaked air dives into your pores
and seeps in through your eyes,
you breathe it deep down into your lungs
Now it shoots through your veins
The Tropicana juices splashes every cell.

You walk out to the balcony
And gaze over the waking neighborhood.
“Ahhhhh!!! That feels good!”
You stretch out your night-cramped sleep-chilled limbs
into the DAY…

Gideon Grossman, attends Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union.

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