When Dawn Breaks
for Noelle Nicolls &
Roan Kirk Anthony Steele

seed of death in us

when it germinates
like seeds,
it's time to be buried

eventually we will all
have been picked

waves upon a beach arriving
staggered, sliding back,
down again

how and when we come in
when and how we go out

our lights or when our house
goes up in smoke--up in flames

when our time comes
when our number's called

answer or not, hide or hide and seek
we will be carried off

our part in the play, our lines said

after which, afterwards
vacate the stage

character in a drama
set down, plucked up

cast in fire, cast in flames

our flower petals fall like tears
fruit and seeds come round again

another cycle of life
another day, when dawn breaks


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
7:12 a.m. 03.05.09