Imagine you wake up
with a second chance:
The blue jay hawks his pretty wares
and the oak still stands,
spreading glorious shade.
If you don’t look back,
the future never happens.
How good to rise in sunlight,
in the prodigal smell of biscuits –
eggs and sausage on the grill.
The whole sky is yours
to write on, blown open to a blank page.
Come on, shake a leg!
You’ll never know who’s down there,
frying those eggs,
if you don’t get up and see.
– Rita Dove, “Dawn Revisited” from On the Bus With Rosa Parks.
Credits: Poem – Schonwieder via literarymiscellany. Image: Marc Gutierrez via Mennyfox55