The Sun Came Up Again

January 10, 2012 at 3:56 pm · Filed under Good stuff, Poems, Random Thoughts ·Tagged Charles L. Mashburn, http://dversepoets.com/2012/01/10/openlinknight-week-26/, http://promisingpoetsparkinglot.blogspot.com/2012/01/agreement-for-poets-rally-week-60.html, poetry, reflections, The sun came up again, writer

Going to visit an different poetry site today. I’ve been noticing dVerse Poets on some of the blogs I visit, and decided I’d shoot one of my favorite poems their way and see what they think of it. This is one of the few poems I’ve written that don’t rhyme. I’m old fashioned (stubborn) that way. I like the melodic tone of words that blend and mingle at the end of each line. But, this one ain’t too bad. I hope you enjoy it.

The Sun Came Up Again

The sun came up again

Across the street

In the neighbor’s yard

Through early budding tree limbs

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The sky glowed fiery red

Then golden

Then dazzling white

As another day began

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A slash of light

Fell ‘cross my arms as I wrote

The thought crossed my mind

That I’d said too much

Heard too much

And it had changed things

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I wondered

If they had changed for the better

I hoped so

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I’ve changed things before

By being too open

Too honest

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I’ve watched the sun come up

Regretting words I’d spoken

The day before

You would think I’d learn

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I have learned

–

I’ve learned

That the sun will come up

Sometimes you will see it

And feel it

Sometimes you won’t

But it’s there

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Love is like that

At times you can bask in its warmth

And feel its arms wrapped around you

A flash of it will lay across your heart

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Then at other times

It falls silent

And cool

It’s still there

Just not as obvious

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You have to know it’s there

Never doubt it

Never turn away

Just know that behind the cloud

Behind the mountain

Behind whatever has made the warm glow fade

It is there

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You have to let it be there

You have to want it to be there

It can’t always be glorious

It can’t always be spring

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Copyright © 1998 C. Mashburn

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