Dawn

Dawn
(July 1998)
After a sleepless night
I am sitting here
Watching the shadows be born
As the sun rises behind me
Awakening the birds
Who twitter their gossip
Which I strain to understand
While watching the countryside
As it comes to life
And the people wake up
But I haven’t been asleep
I gave up a long time ago
After the same dream
Played over and over
Like a broken record