Pre-Dawn and I

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Pre-Dawn and I

By Jane Tawel

August 10, 2022

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And just like that —

And as I was looking down —

with barely an upward glance,

Light snuck around,

the edges of the dark.

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Oh, the hours are too often filled,

with lists and pages of words;

but if perchance,

you happen to glance up,

at just the moment, when

Light makes her slow entrance on the stage,

Then drop the page you hold,

and breathe deeply in and out

and listen to the drumbeat of your heart,

welcoming the Dawn.

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This pre-dawn as I sat,

and worried over Time-past,

and of course, as always I do,

fretted over the Time-not-come,

the Present Moment snuck-up on me,

and I looked up and out, not down and in.

The veil of dark pulled back.