Poem: The Other Side of Dawn

The calm
a long time coming
night darkest before the morn
as light
finds our horizons
on the other side of dawn.

Our hearts
called to something greater
from cloud to endless skies
a shroud
befallen our common shores
days blinded to the eye.

I see the wall and its writings
I see worlds again reborn
I see the light of new horizons
on the other side of dawn.

The song
of spring resounding
lotus into many a flower
seasons pass
this final winter fades
moving closer to the hour.

A storm
and bitter seas subsiding
nations rising from their fall
the truth
of timeless ages awaken
a voyage transforming one and all.

I hear the rise of tides now turning
I hear hope from times forlorn
I hear the flight towards new horizons
on the other side of dawn.