Just In Case

I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls. - Thoreau

dark, nearsighted, but not lacking grace

feet dragging and unwilling to pick up the pace

night swallowed hard as it drew on with a long face

its wilting flowers thirsting in a crystal place

morning was born with nary a labor pain, hint or trace

a new day rubbed its eyes and stretched with a yawn

it was time to move on

that's how it is

in this human race

without a trace

just before dawn

just in case

Author's Note

"Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me. In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Ms claws]

The Thoreau quote is a good one, perpetual morning would be great.
Just In Case
To me, it sounds like an overnight trist or rendezvous
overdue in his leaving.
But what do I know? Nothing.
I like the feeling of the poem.

[Pete]

i think that what i was trying to convey when i wrote this is reluctance and doubt about moving forward when there is no other choice. we don't leave our comfort zone. everything we do is a risk. if things don't work out today, there is another day coming and another after that and so on even when we doubt and think it's the end. something like that. thanks as always for sharing thoughts e.

[Pete]

... it's darkest before the dawn kinda' thing ...

[Pete]

... sometimes we can feel as though there is no tomorrow but of course there always is, or is there? ...