Dawn Begins

• Michael Hwaylo, Grade 8, St Charbel's School
• Poetry
• 2021

Finalist in the 'The Write Note 2021' competition

The muted ticking of the blistered clock,
Too early to wake, too gorgeous for sleep,
Dawn's kingdom rules the morning haze,
Back and forth, through rest and day, watching tender hours go by,
Doves send drowsy calls,
Across slumberous air and lazy fields,
Streaks of orange stain the blue-green sky,
A copper sun skims the blue waters of the bay, setting waves on fire,
The veins of the red Earth creep across the land,
Snaking over landscapes,
Telling the tale of the ones who came before,
The singing of the thrushes floating on the dew,
The windowpanes echoing the rumbling of the surf,
The rustle of the Eucalypts rippling in the breeze,
And the wind flows through the thickets,
Whispering secrets we’ll never understand.