So Came the Dawn 25 February 1999 So came the dawn of life renewed, fresh breath, new air Radiant light upon my skin, warm as if the sun shines solely for me. I've known no greater woman nor beauty in truth, nor truthful beauty Compassion never felt more sincere until you looked into my eyes, and took my heart. I've guarded close my feelings and fears forever holding them hostage, never allowing anyone passage to that private place yet somehow they're entirely safe with you. I am a dreamer dreaming of love and forever after aware that the fairytale doesn't always, if ever, come true. Your wisdom is in clear view I am humble in your presence A mere child in wide-eyed amazement Holding your hand, seeing the world first-time. You speak of my strength yet I am so frail relative to you On occasion I fear my weakness an excessive burden, a yoke you needn't bear. Moments I feel melancholy guilty, confused elated that you could love me saddened knowing your toil to be true. When love you know, love you share Maybe not the love found in books, on screens... but in homes where taxes steal time from romance and today's soiled laundry replaces yesterday's flowers. Where cute expressions don't pay bills like the second mortgage or Junior's tuition. Where cultivating means much more than fertilizing gardens and intimacy is closer than kinship whose bond is blood. I am the selfish one here. Silently asking you to turn your back, put aside, jeopardize all you've believed genuine and true; history, logic, theological vows, and social views. Yet when we're together my conflicts fade into nothingness as you set me free to a place ethereal and right. So came the dawn.Birth sign: Not entered
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