Painting

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I wish there was a
sunrise to remember.

I woke up to a cold
and colorless morning.
There was only
Darkness and Light.

The emerald elixir was
my first splash of color,
awakening the dull hues
of the eggshell-white walls
and porcelain cup.

The faded heather gray
of my clothes warmed me
inside as the elixir did.

I look outside and watch
the subtle sprinkling of the
icy silver droplets melting
away on my car.

The pavement darkens into
a rich blackness simmering
the proof of the frigid night
before.

The sky brightens and bends,
no longer steel gray but
a welcoming and shivering blue.

Above shines the sun.
Not yellow or gold.
Just a pale light waking
up the more colors below.

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