Sunrise breaks like a promise,
peeking over the horizon,
a canvas ignited with hope,
a fiery embrace of gold
melded with the velvet of night.
Birds awaken,
their notes rise with the light,
a symphony of beginnings
unfolding under the gaze
of a brand-new day.
Each ray shines a reminder
that every closing lamp
holds the potential of light,
that dawn follows every dusk,
a testament to the cycle
of life reimagined.

• Lanford Wilson