On the Border of Daylight

On the border of daylight In the blank world of the dawn A new man's getting ready to rise His bones ache, his arms stretch His lungs take a deep breath He lifts up his head and opens his eyes I breath in the lightened air And breath out the dust and waste Of a long and dreamless sleep As the first shreds of sunlight Fall on my still face The earth becomes fertile, awake and alive The naming of names The sending to sleep The rib taken out on the sly The waking, the seeing The wanting, the needing The sudden awakening of desire There is the promised land In the sweet taste of morning And there is redemption in its eyes As every new second Trips over the last one The earth becomes fertile, awake and alive