(In Honor of) Morning

golden sunlight fills the room with its

honeyed glow

morning greets the capacious

couch

tiled floors

silhouetted

model of a

prancing horse

(a gift from a friend)

this sunrise is unusual in

it's mellowed coloration

amber shadings

subtle radiance

perhaps this full moon time evokes

such warmed orange

incandescence

spilling over tree limb

garden fence

encircling

back room in this gesture

of welcome

to this new day

on this

hallowed earth

which always

honors

the early hours

which always honors

morning

Annie Kiyonaga

November 6, 2014