Early in the morning

[netpositive]

for kuroitori

Driving on the parkway,
up and down the Potomac River,
waiting for sunrise.

Red and green, red and green,
of Christmas lights and traffic lights
refecting off the roughly-rippled water.

Other colors of light
do trespass on my attention
glaring chemical white in streetlamps
glazed pearl of the monument washes
soft yellow and icy blue headlights
and the pale pink-grey of dawn.

But the brightest light in my mind
as tired, I turn for home,
is the memory of your face
the first time we met.

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roman candles that burn in the night
yeah, you are a shining light
you lit a torch in the infinite, yeah,
you are a shining light
yeah, you light up my life

you have always been a thorn in their side
but to me you’re a shining light
you arrive and the night is alive
yeah, you are a shining light
yeah, you light up my life

we made a connection,
a full on chemical reaction
brought by dark divine intervention
yeah, you are a shining light
a constellation once seen,
over royal david’s city
an epiphany you burn so pretty
yeah, you are a shining light

you are a force you are a constant source,
yeah, you are a shining light
incandescent in the darkest night,
yeah, you are a shining light
my mortal blood I would sacrifice,
for you are a shining light
sovereign bride of the infinite
yeah, you are a shining light
yeah, you light up my life

these are the days you often say,
there’s nothing that we cannot do
beneath a canopy of stars
I’d shed blood for you
the north star in the firmament
you shine the most bright
i've seen you draped in an electric veil
shrouded in celestial light

yeah, you are a shining light
yeah, you light up my life
yeah, you are a shining light
yeah, you light up my life
-Ash