The dawn-thaw came without a warningWoke up and the ghost-weight lifted off my chestNo name on the screen, just light across the dresserI poured the coffee-courage, took the first warm sipNo aching, no rehearsing how to fake itAnd the kettle hummed a kinder tuneThe dust was dancing gold across the roomThis is the first light, the small okayA sunrise stitched into an ordinary dayI didn't dread it, I just let it breakThe dawn-thaw melting all the cold awayOh, the first light — I'm awakeI made the bed I used to leave a battlefieldThe window-glow undressed the room of what I fearedMy heart-clock ticking soft, no siren in my bloodA quiet kind of brave, a low and steady floodAnd the kettle hummed a kinder tuneThe dust was dancing gold across the roomThis is the first light, the small okayA sunrise stitched into an ordinary dayI didn't dread it, I just let it breakThe dawn-thaw melting all the cold awayOh, the first light — I'm awakeNot healed, just lighterThe night-fog thinning, the sky gets widerOne good morning is a seed, not a lieWatch it — watch it climbThe first light, the small okayThe dawn-thaw, and an ordinary day---
