5:30 AM

photo by J. Trent

5:30 AM

by John Trent

Amber lamps

Glow in the morn

Deep purple wisps

On dark blue heavens

Waning crescent

Heavy the Southern sky

With silhouettes of pine

And fading early oak

Cardinal’s serenade

To the cicada’s choir

Diamonds distant

Upon the rising dawn

Slowly enveloped

By this island path

God grants solace

And takes my soul