The growing day #? √
From time of dark, before the light
Until that time day triumphs night
I sit within my woods and watch
The glory grow in sylvan notch
I take the time to watch in wonder
Daylight build the world asunder
The signs of day are slowly coming
As subtle as a thrush's thrumming
No doubt can be, you'll watch too long
For lovely as a thrush's song
As first momentous glimpse of light
That tolls the end of blackest night
With vaguest glance, the world is etched
No depth, no tint, just briefly sketched
And, then, the slightest silver slips
Upon the world to touch the tips
And sharpened edges come to fore
But still in gray from star to core
So slowly, all along the depth
The thief along the border crept
To steal away night's deepest black
He enters through a narrow crack
Behold, for now, the day will start
And coal and char will now depart
It is beginning of events
That lead to wondrous day, immense
I tremble, now, as night relents
But, sun has yet to cross the fence
Yet, now the world begins to form
In shades of gray, no colors warm
Still, whether it is spring or fall
No way the eye can tell at all
There’s still no color to the leaves
As, night to day, does slowly ease
And, then, a hint, the softest brush
The barest tint comes with a rush
Now lanes of light pass through the trees
Untouched, it taps me on the knees
As welcome as a morning breeze
True morning's here, at last, to seize
Wow! I just realized how much of a double entendre this whole poem is. Unfortunately, it remains dark. So, I've never reached even the third line. Just that true morning I would like to see, though I would certainly watch the day grow until full light, if given the chance. Waiting in the dark is getting on my nerves (annoyed, not freaking out).
This rhoem was actually written while sitting in a sylvan notch.