the sun slowly rose

the life-giving sphere,
and in the more desperate climates,
the life-threatening infernal orb,
         though overly responsible,
         in an untimely way,
this extinction-promising,
global-warming ball of fiery explosion

orange, red-orage, red-hot flaming planet
formerly revered and otherwise referred to
as the sun,
         ancient Sol, glorious center of the nebulous universe,
         troubled Helios, blackholed and starlit,
nonetheless glittering serenely on the sky-scraper filled horizon,
reflecting shimmering images in the paned buildings --
this sun slowly arose,
came up from the murky,
shadowy depths of the darkest of nights,
into a yellow-bright new inspirational period
of twenty-four emotionally packed, activity laden hours
we intelligent and sensitive, though sometimes
brutish and selfish, human beings
commonly call a day





         the sun slowly rose
         13-18 april, 2006