A Diligent Dawn

Shards of a broken wine goblet

Drift on the surface of withering waves

Dawn dethrones the waning night

Saffroned fingers arouse a day

 

In nakedness she wears her loss

Hot flashes heat hormonal strife

Fermented tears and sweated dew

Awaken somnolent seeds to life

 

Fervor and fury a woman crowned

Challenging Eastern light

Audacious and bold in character

Femininity her strength and might

 

Indignant cells spewed their scorn

And spread their malignant blight

Surgical swords did their deed

Removing her female right

 

Silver sunlight tints her hair

As she ventures towards the west

Wisdom, wit and wealth of mind

Assets from life's queried quest

The wine of an aging chalice sooths

The soul of a dying day

Its crimson pastels the diligent dark

As moonbeams pave her way

© Frecklewood 2014