Poem by Tom DeLay, Grade 10
On a cold and listless morning
Silence all around
Squirrels scampering out of the way
As a singular car
Speeds down the lonely avenue
The crack of a branch
Breaking
Awakens a rabbit
White fur enhances its appearance
The Gabriel of the morning
Calling out for all to hear
That the night has been ended
Raccoons race into hiding
Nocturnal birds soar through the sky
Fighting to get back into safety
Into a fortress of darkness
So evasive to the light
One streak comes out from the heavens
A small overture
For those who are already moving about
Beginning the day's work
Out the pores of the heavens
Come the beams of life
Containing within them the power
To bring to life all that has
Hibernated through the night
Trying to escape their scope
The amoeba of light
Envelops the entire avenue
Tentacles of joviality touching all they can
And showering everything in the celestial glow
Of the new beginning
The day is here
At last
