Tuesday, September 7, 2021

How Dark the Beginning by Maggie Smith

How Dark the Beginning 

 
All we ever talk of is light—
let there be light, there was light then,
 
good light—but what I consider
dawn is darker than all that.
 
So many hours between the day
receding and what we recognize
 
as morning, the sun cresting
like a wave that won’t break
 
over us—as if  light were protective,
as if  no hearts were flayed,
 
no bodies broken on a day
like today. In any film,
 
the sunrise tells us everything
will be all right. Danger wouldn’t
 
dare show up now, dragging
its shadow across the screen.
 
We talk so much of  light, please
let me speak on behalf
 
of  the good dark. Let us
talk more of how dark
 
the beginning of a day is.
 


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