“The Fifth Element | Nia Hodges ‘22

My Sunrise

Nia Hodges ‘22

Is the universe. An old paradox. The natural world—sunrise packed in boxes. A sunrise of the moon—hidden from the Stars at night. Clean sunrise ready to be Dirty. Sunrise caving in on Skyscrapers. A sunrise to sights already Seen. Sunrise in dark corners. Candles Burn to keep away danger. Sunrise For waking up in bed. Sunrise. Sunset painted At sunrise. Ocean sunrise brings silence. Nature Created by machines. A sunrise, but no time. Time, but no sunrise. The power can’t take more Sunrise. Electric shuts off only to switch on Again. My door is open for sunrise to leave. Come back.