pre-dawn

awoken in pre-dawn
             in the middle
of a dream
       awoken
by moody hues
       drifting
in disquietude
       cold splash needed
harsh
       shadowy views
in washed out grays
       coffee brews
sitting
       by the window
in numbing gaze
       compulsively cloudy
in a snowy white haze
in front
       of the hearth
reading lamp glows
       book in lap
anticipating enlightenment
with an anxiety
       laced mind
just needing
       the sun to rise

(c) D.E. Clark