Something Dawn

Every dawn has a something -

Every something has a dawn.

On the porch, the world glistens,

You can taste the hint of tin,

Reach into the darkness,

And find not emptiness,

But a whisper of something.

Every something holds a dawn -

Every dawn reflects a something.

Every love has its shadow,

Who decided it was too blinding?

Tell me, and I’ll find him.

I’ll show him every dawn

Held within this something-my heart,

Rooting deep beneath the sunrise,

Reaching for the sunset.

You were the dawn to my something-

A flickering light, turned away

In your shadow, I reached for your sun

A moth to a flame

Seek flight! They told me.

Yet, I'm too eager to hold my heart -

Seeking shelter only when it burts.

Covered in smithereens, I see behind the scenes -

Every dawn has a something -

Every something has a dawn,

You were my gleaming sunrise

And I, your fleeting pawn.