Sunrise On The Face Of Dawn

In the seemingly endless desperation of youth

a pebble becomes a boulder

a kiss becomes a passionate love affair

a quiet conversation becomes a haunting destiny.

It’s through our brothers and sisters

through sinners and saints

that we are acquainted with life and death.

As the blurred chaos of this war,

of this struggle;

as our lives rage on

my eyes catch a glimpse of glory

perfection personified in a beauty beyond words

a flash of a smile that forgave me of my sins.

Her embrace was home.

The look in her eyes was the magic of being reborn,

of looking at a world of endless possibility.

My heart drowned in her brown ocean

swirling with the tide

kissed by perfection, the way the sea kisses the shore.

So smile because we have youth,

Smile because we have love,

Smile because we have each other,

Smile because nothing will ever be this good again.

And always remember the mornings

we’d wake up on the sand still dreaming

still living.

Kids waiting for their lives to begin,

For their dreams to be over.

But I’ll never forget the stars in your eyes

or the sunrise on your face.

So always remember the mornings I’d hold you close and whisper in your ear

“Life is at our door, morning is at our window

and our whole lives are ahead of us”.