Poetry page

Some Poems

A First Instance

There is that one instance each morning,

before you have your coffee and first cigarette,

before you check your e-mail, your stacks,

before you turn on the TV,

before you even look outside a window.

A small instance,

not even a full moment,

but an instance.

Before you shower,

before putting on an artificial countenance

people call makeup,

before you brush your teeth or shave…

When…

Your full potential is available,

unrealized dreams are possible,

plans can be made,

a new day will be born.

In that instant, often ignored,

I am new to the world,

I feel spirits around me.

For that instant…

I am full.

Full of possibilities,

dreams,

goals unspoken.

Where will my first steps take me?

Will they take me to new heights?

Where do they take you?