Before Dawn

darkness is betrayed by the

constant arrival of light and

the fullness of life that seems to

be withering away each night;

still, restoration needs to be

as repaired damage delays

our inevitable flight from

fantasy that eludes more is on

the way like the eating

of a pie before it spoils; and,

our acceptance is what keeps

us eternally awakening, knowing

one day, dawn will not arise

and the hole in which we find

becomes our new home and

the home we once knew is

of no concern nor is the

attitudes we might have had.

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