Photo by Christopher Raley

First Dawns

Christopher Raley
Nov 4 · 1 min read

by Christopher Raley

Thick boiling rises
in the cold kitchen
of the cold morning.

One yellow light spreads
soft wings over stove
and sink, the white counter.

Among these first dawns
of new fall, sunrise
hardens crystal reds

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Poems and photos. Contact me at topher.raley35@gmail.com

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