The sun came out at last today

And though it held no warmth

I felt it all the same as it lifted

My heart, cleared my thoughts

Like a fever that finally breaks,

Soothed a soul tormented and

Laughed at the rain that had

Fallen before it.

As a newly minted coin it shone above me,

A silver dollar resting on blue felt, I turned

My face toward it as a collector might and

Rejoiced in its rarity as I stood on my front

Porch, morning paper forgotten at my feet,

Oblivious the comings and goings of wind-swept

Leaves, I coveted what I didn’t even know I’d

Missed and felt myself able to breathe once more.

END

“Daybreak”